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So superficial in its ambitions that you can say there's is a new kind of blaxploitation. More stupid than fantastic.

The only known portraits of Harriet Tubman are that of her in steely resolve in her old age, and they provide only a small glimpse of a towering figure. But this movie is not quite the addendum or correction to that incomplete vision. Not by a long shot.   Harriet removes Tubman’s numerous achievements from the earthly to that of the magical realist. This does a great disservice to her story ... read more

The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.