Category: Movies
Preview of New Will Smith Film Emancipation “Inspired” by Story of “Gordon”: From Tortured Slave to Freedom Fighter
Will Smith’s new film Emancipation will be released on December 2, 2022. The film is based on the story of “Gordon,” an enslaved African American…
New PBS Documentary “Becoming Frederick Douglass” Available to Watch Free Online
The new one-hour PBS documentary Becoming Frederick Douglass is now available to watch for free online. I don’t how long PBS will allow free viewing…
Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman Making Series on Richmond Civil War Spy Ring
Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman are teaming up to make a new spy drama set in Civil War Richmond. Costner told reporters that the six-hour…
Review: Becoming Frederick Douglass PBS Biography of Leading Abolitionist
PBS premiered Becoming Frederick Douglass, a one-hour biography of the Abolitionist and Civil Rights leader, on October 11. Like the documentary Visions of Harriet Tubman…
Review Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom from PBS
In the last decade I have spent a lot of time studying Harriet Tubman. I had heard of her in my youth, but she was…
Will Smith Film “Emancipation” on Black Union Soldier “Whipped Peter” Still in Limbo Due to Oscar Slap
The New York Times reports that the release of a new film on the subject of one of the most famous Civil War photographs is…
1873 Colfax Massacre Subject of New Public Broadcasting Film
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded it largest grant in a newly announced set of funds to a new feature-length documentary called The Colfax…
Video Reconstruction in the Movies-NPS Ranger Rich Condon Discusses Hollywood Depictions
Reel History is a regular series on YouTube discussing how history is portrayed by Hollywood. In this episode Reconstruction in the Movies National Park Ranger…
“The Underground Railroad” Miniseries Reviewed by the New York Times
Amazon Prime has made a mini-series out of Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad” that premieres today on its streaming service and the New York Times…
The Underground Railroad Premiers May 14 on Amazon Prime
Colson Whitehead’s 2016 novel “The Underground Railroad” won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Now it is being released by Amazon Prime…