Dec. 9 (UPI) --The Women Film Critics Circle has voted director Kasi Lemmons' Harriet Tubman biopic Harriet as the Best Movie by a Woman in 2019. The film also earned the Karen Morley Award for best ...

Harriet tells the true story of abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman, but how much did the film get right about this remarkable figure? Directed and co-written by Kasi ...

The Urbanworld Film Festival has announced their 2019 programming slate and it’s filled with must-see films. This year’s slate of 78 selections and 7 spotlight selections sees intersectional ...

Harriet Tubman’s contributions to racial progress and to the world as a whole cannot be overstated. A similar sentiment can be made when speaking about Kasi Lemmons’ contributions to film. So when you ...

Cynthia Erivo plays the escaped slave Harriet Tubman with a mournful fury, but the rest of Kasi Lemmons' biopic is more dutiful than inspired. When you see photographs of Harriet Tubman (and many ...

It has taken us until 2019 to have a film about Araminta “Minty” Ross. Better known in history as Harriet Tubman. In Kasi Lemmons’ new film “Harriet,” the story breaks away from the typical slave ...

The women behind “Harriet” will receive the 2020 Stanley Kramer Award for Social Justice from the African-American Film Critics Association and family of the director. Star Cynthia Erivo, director ...

Keep reading for a preview of the full programming lineup and information on how you can purchase tickets to the screenings. The Urbanworld Film Festival has announced their 2019 programming slate and ...