I went off this afternoon to see the movie Harriet. It’s a dramatization of how Harriet Tubman first escaped from slavery, then began to free other slaves. I highly recommend it.
There is violence in the story, because slavery was violent. We also see the viciousness of the white owners. It is very much a supremacy thing at its worst. The movie definitely earns its PG-13 rating, but it is PG-13 and not R.
We watch Harriet evolve from a timid slave. She grieves having her family torn apart as siblings are sold. She knows only one thing – she must live free or die. Her first trip back into the South is to get her siblings out. And soon she is a confident leader with an unshakable mission to get as many slaves out as she can. She’s pretty good at evading or facing down slaveowners.
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