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Will Smith Makes Epic Movie Deal For Slave Action Drama 'Emancipation'

The film, directed by Antoine Fuqua, is the story of “whipped Peter,” a slave who ran away from a plantation through the swamps of Louisiana to head North where he joined the Union Army. 
  • Apple won the bidding war for the new action-dram a Emancipation starring Will Smith. 
  • The film, directed by Antoine Fuqua, is the story of “whipped Peter,” a slave who ran away from a plantation through the swamps of Louisiana to head North where he joined the Union Army. 
  • It was during a medical exam for the Army where he revealed his whipped back. A photo was taken that basically “went viral” with the photo being printed in the Independent in May of 1863 and then in Harper’s Weekly‘s July 4 issue, the photo was undeniable proof of the brutality slaves suffered during slavery. 
  • Apple offered a deal of over $120 million, beating out Warner Bros. Fuqua says the film is important and speaks to the current climate as well as a film about“family and love.”
  • What are your thoughts about slave movies, do you think the stories need to be told or does the imagery prove to be triggering? 

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