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“Harriet” (Focus)

By: The Catholic Post   -   October 24, 2019   -   Movie Review Cynthia Erivo, Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad

Cynthia Erivo stars in a scene from the movie "Harriet." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/Focus Features)

By Catholic News Service Long-overdue but flawed drama chronicling the exploits of the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, Maryland-born Harriet Tubman (Cynthia Erivo). When her owner (Mike Marunde) dies suddenly and his son (Joe Alwyn) threatens to sell her South, she successfully escapes. Connecting with other abolitionists (including Leslie Odom Jr. and Janelle […]