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An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green.

Year

2020

Duration

1h 39m

IMDb

6.0

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Cast

Mark Amin

Director

Dayo Okeniyi

Shields Green

M.C. Gainey

Randolph Stevens

Cast

Mark Amin

Director

Dayo Okeniyi

Shields Green

M.C. Gainey

Randolph Stevens

AD

Antonio D Kanonu

Chain Gang

James Cromwell

John Brown

Bruce Dern

Levi Coffin

Mykelti Williamson

Truesdale

Kat Graham

Delores

Ben Robson

Luke McCabe

James Le Gros

Robert E. Lee

Paul Scheer

Duvane Henderson

Nicholas Logan

Gunther Bowman

Naturi Naughton

Sarah Green

Harry Lennix

Frederick Douglass

Keean Johnson

Rufus Kelly

Brad Carter

Grady

Chip Carriere

Tom Affleck

Sharon Blackwood

Adel Acklen

Kraig Dane

Shooting Overseer

PC

Pat Charles

Writer

Mark Amin

Writer

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Comments

10 Comments

dee_loadMay 12, 2023

GREAT ENSEMBLE CAST ... AND ENDEAVOURS TO STAY AS CLOSE TO THE TRUTH AS POSSIBLE ... OH AND ROCKY DENIS GETS WHAT HE DESERVES THE "£$%&*

SleekMay 12, 2023

Symbolism of perseverance, respect, and leadership. Qualities every individual should maintain. This is an American Story! If you are an proud American add this to your collection.

Allu SirishMay 12, 2023

Great historical untold story, reminiscent of 12 Years a Slave, I wish it could have been longer to focus more historical attributes and heroes .

RosaMay 12, 2023

I've seen my share of Civil War movies, slave-trading, indentured service movies and all of them are consistent with the same themes. African tribes that won wars against other African tribes sold them into slavery, kept the women and children, and that theme repeated. As slavery grew across Africa, 100's of years ago, it found it's way to Europe. After several decades of slavery growing in Europe it founds it's way to what would become North America, literally the last place slavery got it's foothold, and the place African Americans inaccurately place all of the blame. In fact, what would become the last place slavery had a foothold, would become the place African Americans place all the blame for centuries of wrongdoing. But, that's not the story directors seem to want to tell. Slavery was alive and well in 100's of countries many centuries before the US would ever be named or even discovered. Nobody but the US seems to be held responsible for it though, which is totally unwarranted. Convenient though considering the US is the richest nation on the planet though. Perhaps my white privilege has me not thinking clearly, but I think it's time for all communities to stand up and be proud of who they are and stop blaming current generations for what their ancestors did. If they did, this would be a much better place to live for all of us. I enjoyed the story, the acting, and the actors selected for this movie though and suggest it would be an entertaining 99 minutes of their time.

Hassu proMay 12, 2023

A must see! A truly beautiful film about the power of the human spirit!

BRODASHAGGI May 12, 2023

Great directing, great story, great suspense from beginning to end. We loved it!

Fat Make upMay 12, 2023

Viewers must know up front that Shields Green was an escaped slave. That is the only historically accurate fact in the first half of the movie. The first half of the movie is the writer's imagination. Please don't take it as history. Green's association with F. Douglas is true, as is his association with J. Brown and the Harper's Ferry raid. And the end of the movie doesn't accurately depict Green's final fate. It's too bad that with so much rich Black history that Hollywood chooses to make stuff up. It's a disservice to history and to a people who deserve better. Much better. This is an entertaining movie, with adequate acting albeit mediocre writing. It would have been better if the critical scenes had been shot on location. Maybe the director was looking for Harper's Ferry in Virginia. Watch it, but don't take it seriously. Shields Green deserves better.

Malex Praise TikTokMay 12, 2023

Great story and brilliantly played. If you don't like it then you have rocks in your head. Don't trust the bad reviews! Loved it

inaya MiraniMay 12, 2023

Not even close to accurate. Horrible recreation of Harper's Ferry. And the hero rides off into the sunset with his son long after Harpers Ferry was so moving, except he was hung several days after being captured with John Brown. So...just a minor historical liberty of having him ride off into the sunset instead of being hung with John Brown. What's next, a movie where Lincoln gets a third term?

Taha.vlogsMay 12, 2023

Bad script, bad directing and dreadful acting.. Cant think of one good thing to write about on this load of rubbish