HARRIET Cast and Crew Q&A | TIFF 2019

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 27 янв 2025

Комментарии • 136

  • @rnbluecolor8625
    @rnbluecolor8625 5 лет назад +35

    I saw Harriet on Friday. Best. Movie. Ever. It's SO empowering, SO motivating, and it inspires me to dig deeper into my roots and move to completely connect with my culture. The struggle portrayed in historical movies such as Harriet is more than what we learn from history books. It reminds us of the oppression that had to be experienced so that we could get to where we are today. Not just African Americans but everyone in our country who has the rights that are "unalienable" and the freedoms that my ancestors and others' ancestors didn't have.

    • @sharonmickey4566
      @sharonmickey4566 5 лет назад +2

      So empowering and leaves you wanting more HT...

    • @kirstenhayes6811
      @kirstenhayes6811 5 лет назад +3

      Yes it was most definitely an amazing movie !!!

    • @hrwatchinpuff6551
      @hrwatchinpuff6551 5 лет назад

      ...it was a made for TV film. The backlash is real... opportunity lost.

    • @rnbluecolor8625
      @rnbluecolor8625 5 лет назад +5

      @Planet EarthEveryone is entitled to their own opinion and I respect that. That's your opinion and this is mine. I've actually seen the movie and I really enjoyed it. Yes some points were different from what I've researched but overall I feel the main point was clear and I definitely feel that anyone who sees the movie will have a clearer understanding of who Harriet Tubman was and why she was and is important. That is what matters not the actress who plays the role but how well she executes it. This movie is needed in modern America.

    • @rnbluecolor8625
      @rnbluecolor8625 5 лет назад

      I'm black and this is my true opinion

  • @kasspriscilla5183
    @kasspriscilla5183 5 лет назад +25

    She was an amazing woman she had strong faith in God determined had the holy spirit in her and I believe that God blessed her every step of the way to free slaves nobody should be a prisoner or slave to any human being especially today there slavery in different countries and we need to free those people to I pray with all my heart that we get rid of prejudism the prejudism is not of God call brothers and sisters in this world and everybody needs to be free free will to choose and to live with dignity and respect

    • @victoriacabrera5760
      @victoriacabrera5760 5 лет назад

      I love your comment. It is seasoned with grace with such a sensitive topic.

  • @jordob719
    @jordob719 5 лет назад +22

    Yall can say what you want....Cynthia Erivo did a FANTASTIC job depicting Harriet. She is a BLACK woman. People are always looking for something to uproot our success as a people. And for all of you who dare say that Erivo is trash, shame on YOU. She rose to fame in her acclaimed role playin Celia in The Color Purple On Broadway. Are y’all gonna attack her for that too?! When you all win Emmy’s Grammy’s and Tony’s then you come let me know.

    • @charlenewalker7891
      @charlenewalker7891 5 лет назад

      Thanks Jordan Brown, absolutely correct on all aspects.

    • @rnbluecolor8625
      @rnbluecolor8625 5 лет назад +4

      THANK YOU!!! 👍👍👍 It's not about the actor/actress who plays the role it's about how well he or she executes it. And Cynthia Erivo played that role like she was really going through that. In every word she spoke, I felt like I really got to experience on a minor level the oppression my ancestor's physically experienced. I know I will never know the complete hardship, fear, faith, and unity that was experienced in that time but I truly feel that Cynthia Erivo made the experience real.

  • @trendfate1014
    @trendfate1014 5 лет назад +13

    I enjoyed the film, it made me think about all of the different aspect of lives of the people who were enslaved, born free and who brought/became free. Please everyone, let us be considerate to each other when we voice our opinions. The movie honors someone that believed in freedom and fought for hers and that of others. She, Harriet IS worthy of focus, love, and the effort to learn more about. And I left with renewed hope and determination.

  • @kathycunningham846
    @kathycunningham846 5 лет назад +16

    To whom it applies: Which American actress do you think should have had the role?
    Cynthia Erivo was well suited for the role and is an excellent artist.

    • @makiba9461
      @makiba9461 5 лет назад +3

      It is not so much about Cynthia's ethnicity....it is about her disrespectful comments and calling ADOS "akadas" which she would have called Queen Mother Harriet Tubman and Martin L. King too. If you don't like a certain group of people why play their historic leaders? We are all black and should be able to play characters of our various nations like in Black Panther...ADOS, Caribbean and Africans played those roles....OK by me...we all black. But please respect each other's ethnicities. BTW the way blacks globally responded to Black Panther scared elite white folks and they have gathered their black boule globally to put propaganda out there to separate blacks globally so the next Black Panther won't have the same impact.

    • @tosinojo7310
      @tosinojo7310 5 лет назад +3

      @@makiba9461 African Americans are Akatas..its not a bad name..thats what they are called in Nigerian. its either that or oyimbo..but thats mostly used to describe white people..

    • @makiba9461
      @makiba9461 5 лет назад

      @@tosinojo7310 what's an Akada. Is it a wild wandering beast?

    • @alyciaj09
      @alyciaj09 5 лет назад

      to answer your question: Viola Davis, Nicole Beharie (she was in 'Violet' and the show 'Sleepy Hollow'), Regina King, KeKe Palmer (since they wanted a younger actress), Solange (she's a singer and is young she's just isn't of a darker hue), Brandy (YES she also acts and sings way better than Erivo!), and the Oscar awarding winning actress from the south side of Chicago [my city] JENNIFER MUTHAFUKIN HUDSON!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @makiba9461
      @makiba9461 5 лет назад

      I don't think a black woman of any ethnicity should play her if they are tall, she was 5 feet. Family always remember that we are all BLESSED with God-given EUMELANIN and should be able to play each other's roles. We just RESPECT our differences like family suppose to do.

  • @barbarablackmon7807
    @barbarablackmon7807 5 лет назад +25

    This was NOT the first movie done about Ms. Harriet Tubman! Remember the movie A Woman Called Moses? Cicely Tyson starred in that version. Also, there is a version starring Ruby Dee. Sorry, I don't know the title.

    • @makiba9461
      @makiba9461 5 лет назад +2

      the others did not involve Black bounty hunters and some love struck white slave master with Queen Mother Harriet.

    • @barbarablackmon7807
      @barbarablackmon7807 5 лет назад +1

      @@makiba9461 Yes. You are correct. Thank you!

    • @charliseedwards422
      @charliseedwards422 5 лет назад +6

      But black bounty hunters did exist they were called uncle toms,

    • @charliseedwards422
      @charliseedwards422 5 лет назад

      @@makiba9461 There was no love interested in this movie, everybody thought this was a a non love interest.

    • @makiba9461
      @makiba9461 5 лет назад

      @@charliseedwards422 wow, I commented about that sometime ago. The movie was still not true.

  • @charlenewalker7891
    @charlenewalker7891 5 лет назад +4

    continued blessings to ALL, Jennifer Nettles in it...wooooowwww; this woman can sing...can't imagine the spirit of joy been displayed on the movie set between takes with her and Cynthia. I am going to see this movie today.

  • @JalisaMaire
    @JalisaMaire 5 лет назад +20

    I love her so much she played her point blank period ... Yesss Cynthia

    • @makiba9461
      @makiba9461 5 лет назад +1

      Anyone that speaks negatively about a certain group negatively should not be allowed to play that group's leaders and legendary historical figures. Apparently Cynthia sees Queen Mother Harriet and Martin L. King as "akadas" too.

    • @jettap7652
      @jettap7652 4 года назад +1

      @@makiba9461 you really should read her explanations and apologies too instead of consistently telling half the story. You don't have to accept her apology but you should read them.

    • @makiba9461
      @makiba9461 4 года назад +1

      @@jettap7652 You apparentluy donlt *KNOW* me. If you did you would not be trying to reprimand me. Now, ALL eumelanated black people GLOBALLY are my family. I don't care what ethnicity and your right she apoligized and truthfully that movie was not her fault. She is a black actress and personally, I don't care if the global family exchanged acting parts with one another ethnically. My problem is to educate oneself with the history of a figure you are going to play.Know why that person was a leader.
      As for being called an AKADA. Really? I truly wonder what negative terms they have for white folk.

  • @nd86177
    @nd86177 4 года назад +1

    I was totally engrossed in this film! Amazing and inspiring!

  • @antonioraphael8875
    @antonioraphael8875 3 года назад +1

    I never heard of Cynthia Erivo before but she was amazing in this, as were the rest of the cast, this film is outstanding and should not be missed, skin is just a color not a form of separation, we are all brothers and sisters

  • @DavieD609
    @DavieD609 5 лет назад +13

    Cynthia did an amazing job in this role and deserves all the applause.

  • @billeem5151
    @billeem5151 5 лет назад +12

    Brava Cynthia Erivo!
    Bravo to Everyone who brought this film to LIFE for Harriet! ♥️

  • @Bloorain82
    @Bloorain82 5 лет назад +10

    Can't wait to see it! Cynthia's career is just flourishing!!

    • @lindar6326
      @lindar6326 5 лет назад +2

      Boo[oooooo

    • @aloehawk582
      @aloehawk582 5 лет назад

      By way of foundational black Americans descendant of slaves, the same group she disparaged on social media 🗣️🤤👎🏾
      They hate us cause they ain't us
      #ados

    • @lindar6326
      @lindar6326 5 лет назад

      @Pamelafountain60 jones 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @vivecagipsonwilliams1165
      @vivecagipsonwilliams1165 5 лет назад

      Bloorain82 I saw it last night and was absolutely mesmerized by the brilliance of Cynthia Erivo!!! I hope that she is considered for every award imaginable! She is a gifted actress and even more amazing singer!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤️❤️❤️🧝🏽‍♀️#African Queen 👑 portraying another African Queen 👑

  • @samsonsaran400
    @samsonsaran400 5 лет назад +1

    From India, Wonderful movie, this movie is good to me because in my life each and every I'm experiencing the "caste" problem here in India

  • @musicsweet2833
    @musicsweet2833 5 лет назад +6

    Y'all chairs next time for your guests; imagine how uncomfortable it was to just stand there for that long while answering questions.

  • @unitedkingdom2479
    @unitedkingdom2479 5 лет назад +9

    about HARRIET TUBMAN being on the $20 u.s bill and didnt happen
    I can hear her saying
    "It aint happening, I'm worth more than $20 u.s"

  • @praisecontinuallyarmstrong3920
    @praisecontinuallyarmstrong3920 5 лет назад +2

    👏👏Excellent movie! This movie will be a part of my library. 💞

  • @Thebestofsierra
    @Thebestofsierra 4 года назад +1

    This is nice n all but I just want to know why the heck the whole cast of this movie wasn't put on the Late Night talk shows or something like other movies had...just a question.

  • @vickieminter6475
    @vickieminter6475 5 лет назад +6

    I wish when people make a movie about important historical people they would do it truthfully. Instead of making up evil characters of the oppress people who in reality had no power. This movie is a disrespect of Harriet's legacy. For shame!! #stopdisrespectingblackmen

    • @fitawrarifitness6842
      @fitawrarifitness6842 5 лет назад

      The movie had 4 positive Black male characters, did you even see it???

    • @kortaesyonce8474
      @kortaesyonce8474 5 лет назад

      John Gabbna Black bounty hunters did exist in that time

    • @00ghostcobra
      @00ghostcobra 5 лет назад

      @@kortaesyonce8474 There were no Black people running around with guns hunting slaves during the time of Harriet Tubman.. The Bigger Long character was a complete fallacy.

    • @kortaesyonce8474
      @kortaesyonce8474 5 лет назад

      T. Rizbone he was himself, yes. But they included him because there were men like him, black men, who would hunt down runaway slaves for money. Learn your history.

    • @00ghostcobra
      @00ghostcobra 5 лет назад

      @@kortaesyonce8474 There were no Black men like Bigger Long during slavery, there have been studies done on this.. The woman that wrote this movie made him up as a way to try and make Black men look bad..
      ruclips.net/video/lYU_ZgTLkac/видео.html

  • @MrSalvia18
    @MrSalvia18 5 лет назад

    mad how a certian Budget put towards a film helps you in the long run well deserved though fp Diolch thank ew' nice movie :)

  • @marglenn3152
    @marglenn3152 5 лет назад +17

    Cynthia Erivo has said negative things about African-Americans, and there is NO WAY I'm going to support this movie. There were plenty of African-American actresses that could have played this role.

    • @rnbluecolor8625
      @rnbluecolor8625 5 лет назад +5

      Booooo she played the role with such passion and ability. She used so much emotion to make the story real. I support this movie completely and I believe that the casting was spot on. I believe that this movie was and IS needed. 👎👎👎👎👎

    • @vivecagipsonwilliams1165
      @vivecagipsonwilliams1165 5 лет назад +4

      Mar Glenn Soooo sad that this is going around... I know Cynthia to be a sensitive intelligent caring and humble person. I saw her brilliance up close and as far as I’m concerned she is my Sister who did Women of color proud!!! 🥰🧝🏽‍♀️🧝🏽‍♀️🧝🏽‍♀️🌟🌟🌟🌟❤️❤️❤️#my family can’t wait to see it again

  • @milly4sho
    @milly4sho 5 лет назад +14

    I'm boycotting this movie!!! Looking at this the only person that has a good understanding of the seriousness of this film is Leslie Odom Jr.. Everything he said was rooted in research and understanding. Cynthia's response of womanhood as her main focus on betrayal of Harriet is very shallow. We as Black Americans know that BA Slaves understood womanhood and love, for GOD sakes, Erivo marriages were still happening during slavery. Just throw the whole movie away.

    • @barbarablackmon7807
      @barbarablackmon7807 5 лет назад

      IKR!!! Also, hoop earrings and a ring on every finger is NOT classy. She keeps holding up her dress. Please fire her personal stylist!

  • @gmackhere4fun
    @gmackhere4fun 5 лет назад +12

    This made up movie story line was an atrocity depicting the black man as the villain and a white man as the savior during slavery time... Shame on everyone involved.......

    • @alleng526
      @alleng526 5 лет назад +3

      Did you see the black man in one of the scenes with a DRESS ON!!!!

    • @gmackhere4fun
      @gmackhere4fun 5 лет назад +1

      @M J clearly you don't watch it .....

    • @yedis1750
      @yedis1750 5 лет назад

      Have you actually seen it...?

    • @angela-cn2ss
      @angela-cn2ss 5 лет назад

      when and where did they make a white man the savior? it was clear the Villians were the masters

  • @divaslm1
    @divaslm1 4 года назад

    Choice under Duress is still a choice Leslie Odom, Jr. What you are talking about is a voluntary choice versus an involuntary choice. Slavery does not allow voluntary choices. People make decisions based on facts, circumstances and fears. Harriet's choice to run and her sister's choice to stay is an example of this dichotomy.

  • @jessicabuntz8668
    @jessicabuntz8668 5 лет назад

    BLACK PEOPLE STOP REMINDING EACH OTHER ABOUT SLAVERY, AND CONSTANTLY SUPPORTING AND PRODUCING THESE MOVIES, BECAUSE IT'S A CONSTANT REMINDER. THAT'S WHAT THE ENEMY WANTS. LAST CHRISTMAS IS MY MOVIE OF THE YEAR. NO OFFENSE.

  • @alyciaj09
    @alyciaj09 5 лет назад +1

    so wait, the two black characters (hence actors Janelle and Omar)that DID NOT EXIST during Harriet's time aren't on the DAMN stage to speak?! tf?!!!!

  • @rayvenbird6650
    @rayvenbird6650 5 лет назад

    aww

  • @dorcaswhitaker8746
    @dorcaswhitaker8746 5 лет назад +1

    This film is trash. If the producer didn't want the film to portray REAL history and, if she didn't want the film to be about slavery why did she title it HARRIET? My guess is she knew what she was doing- trying to soften history to make white folk feel better while at the same time demonize black men.
    I would have love to recommend the film to my students. But, I can't because I believe students should learn true history the good and the bad. I resent this woman for having the audacity to think that she can falsely tell Harriet's story as she pleases. I dare you disrespect our Harriet. I recommend that the film be rescended. Again, its trash.

    • @tonydelgado4485
      @tonydelgado4485 5 лет назад

      Dorcas Whitaker u believe ppl shuld see the good & the bad but also u rescind the movie😥. It sounds like ur saying pro-choice, but n actually ur mind is made up.

  • @lindar6326
    @lindar6326 5 лет назад +4

    If you do this again we will literally black list you

  • @Micnify
    @Micnify 5 лет назад +3

    Take this film out of the theaters, it's a lie and I don't like my children lied too! Seriously! Mic'19 ADOS get involved!

  • @nancyhunter5180
    @nancyhunter5180 5 лет назад +4

    i Love Harriet Tubman I will worship her And seeing this brought me in happiness and joy🙂😉

    • @victoriacabrera5760
      @victoriacabrera5760 5 лет назад +1

      Worship the One who worked through her, who she relied on.

    • @00ghostcobra
      @00ghostcobra 5 лет назад

      If you truly loved Harriet Tubman, then this worthless piece of propaganda should be offensive to you..

  • @charliseedwards422
    @charliseedwards422 5 лет назад

    For the record there was no damn romance between Harriet or her master Gideon it was a matter or ownership and control.

  • @AH-fk6bd
    @AH-fk6bd 5 лет назад +10

    You need an American actress to tell and American story - ADOS boycott this movie, period. Comcast - Focus Features Films needs to end their appeal lawsuit on Byron Allen.

    • @menaj2954
      @menaj2954 5 лет назад +2

      You need a Black woman to do this role and she is . How can you boycott a movie with this importance? Very intelligent logic

    • @praise874
      @praise874 5 лет назад +1

      We need to unite and support this important work

  • @Tambura330
    @Tambura330 5 лет назад +8

    Not my Harriet!!!

  • @marglenn3152
    @marglenn3152 5 лет назад +10

    Kasi Lemmons, Harriet would be absolutley ashamed of you! The role could have been filled by all the available capable African-Americans actresses. You should be ashamed of yourself! I will never support anything you are involved in.

    • @BR-tc8wo
      @BR-tc8wo 5 лет назад +8

      Any professional actress with African blood can play Harriet Tubman or any historical role. The point you forgot is the fact that Harriet Tubman ancestors were African before becoming African American. So, why this HATRED because the role was played by an African British with a Nigerian blood. The missing link you don't understand is that African Americans were formerly Ghanaian, Nigerians, Sierra Leonean, Togolese, Liberians, etc before the unfortunate "Journey of no return " brought them to the plantation farm and the carrebians. Every African professional should be encouraged and celebrated for doing a good job. Well done Cynthia Erivo. You did a fantastic job playing " Harriet Tubman" and you deserve an award.👌👍👌

    • @greenhornet8262
      @greenhornet8262 5 лет назад +5

      Bash R thank you. We as black people crap on ourselves more than anyone else. Nobody was outraged at the dozens of African roles played by African Americans.

    • @BR-tc8wo
      @BR-tc8wo 5 лет назад +1

      @ You're one of the enemies of the black race and you're full of hatred. Go get a life and fuck out of my face !!!

    • @vivecagipsonwilliams1165
      @vivecagipsonwilliams1165 5 лет назад +2

      Mar Glenn this backlash over so called ethnicity is laughable. First of all Harriet and her direct lineage can be traced back to “AFRICAN” royalty through the Ashanti nation! Also the forced “American” next to African is absurd because all people of African descent no matter where they’re from are connected. Bravo Cynthia!!! She was amazing and I can’t wait to see her again in this and anything else she does!!! #tony #grammy #emmy and hopefully OSCAR!!! Don’t @ me

    • @vivecagipsonwilliams1165
      @vivecagipsonwilliams1165 5 лет назад +1

      Bash R I’m just seeing your reply and you have summed up my sentiments exactly!!!! #WE are ALL Africans #help my brainwashed people #Cynthia is our shining Star and a gift from God! #Harriet Tubman was an Ashanti Queen 👑

  • @lindar6326
    @lindar6326 5 лет назад +2

    B[oooooooooooooo

  • @alleng526
    @alleng526 5 лет назад

    It was a hot ass mess. Don't ever do this again if you cant do it right.

  • @joea4631
    @joea4631 5 лет назад

    What we are mad at is for here disdain with Foundational Black Americans. She is very likely from the tribe that sold other Africans into slavery (Rosenberg, your analogy compares apples to oranges). She has been on record talking down on Foundational Black Americans.
    This energy shes displaying in this interview is not the same energy shes spewed around social media about Foundational Black Americans. Aretha did not want this girl to play her in any movie. That will be skipped also. @

  • @lindar6326
    @lindar6326 5 лет назад +2

    Boooooooooooooooooooo for Cynthia onlu

    • @BR-tc8wo
      @BR-tc8wo 5 лет назад +2

      Boooooooooooooooo for Linda R who never acts any movie and will never be as popular as Cynthia. Shaaaame on you Linda R. Shaaaaaaaaaaaame

    • @lindar6326
      @lindar6326 5 лет назад

      @@BR-tc8wo yeah..... no BLACK AMERICAN will pay to see your movies.

  • @newyorkny533
    @newyorkny533 5 лет назад

    #AintNeverGonBeMyHarriet!

  • @AllWill9351
    @AllWill9351 5 лет назад +8

    I didn’t care for this movie whatsoever.

    • @rnbluecolor8625
      @rnbluecolor8625 5 лет назад

      Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I will ALWAYS respect that and I'm sorry that the movie didn't appeal to you. But I try to focus on the major message and what the cast and crew tried to execute in the film. Personally I liked it.

    • @AllWill9351
      @AllWill9351 5 лет назад

      Carmen Love No main I paid my money and I was dissatisfied with what they produced and I have every right to express my disappointment. I love the real story of Harriet Tubman I looked forward to seeing this movie and I as black man was deeply insulted. To have the most vicious villains in this movie be some fictional characters is BS.. Ask yourself why were was the lie needed to to carry this story? The same way your attacking me for my opinion is what that dynamic of the black man black woman narrative perpetuated in this film. And that was done on purpose. Black men are murdered for exactly the subliminal message this movie puts out!

    • @AllWill9351
      @AllWill9351 5 лет назад

      rnblu ecolor The message in this film is your enemy is the big black man this wasn’t in any of the stories of Harriet Tubman then why was it in the movie it wasn’t by chance.

  • @hrwatchinpuff6551
    @hrwatchinpuff6551 5 лет назад +2

    Nope.

  • @barrybonds6479
    @barrybonds6479 2 года назад

    Movie was whack

  • @joshuatellington5339
    @joshuatellington5339 5 лет назад +2

    everyone involved in the making this movie, along with the media outlets that are helping advertise it should be disgusted with themselves. Shame on you all for what you have done to our ancestors legacy. SHAME. #NotMyHarriet

    • @Kinobambino
      @Kinobambino 5 лет назад

      What do you mean

    • @Kinobambino
      @Kinobambino 5 лет назад +1

      @@joshuatellington5339 but why are we categorizing ourselves further by wanting specifically black Americans. Black is black and ALL OF US. Every single one of us were affected no matter the nationality. As long as respect is due to the historical figure.

    • @nealmike5490
      @nealmike5490 5 лет назад

      @@Kinobambino i have no problems with the actors what about fictional male bounty hunter..and no i have not seen the movies

  • @lindar6326
    @lindar6326 5 лет назад +3

    Booooooooo[