Harriet Tubman Visions of Freedom (2021)

This powerful nuanced portrait arrives just in time celebrate the bicentennial of American abolitionist and political activist Harriet Tubman Parts of her story are well known born into slavery Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people including family and friends using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad But the film delves deeper illuminating her spirit and strength through exploits as a union scout and spy during the Civil War an activist for womens suffrage and a singular figure who defied categorization at every turn The foremost chronicler of the Black experience working in nonfiction film today Stanley Nelson alongside codirector Nicole London brings rich deeply researched historical detail to the story of this remarkable woman