As a of sucker of history and western movies, writing a review on the movie "emancipation" felt rewarding as the movie embodies a tale lost to time, The movie is inspired and based on true life story of an enslaved man journey into being a soldier.
saddening by this outcome and the thought of his new reality, peter was reluctant to heed to his new assignment. in the bid of separating peter from his family, the door was ripped out from its hinges because peter showed defiance but was persuaded by the beating he took or the gun pointed at his daughter demanding his co-operation. four seconds later a half-conscious peter could be seen bundled away in a cage to the construction site defining a rocky start for our actor.
while being scurried away, a short conversion could be heard about peter being the best blacksmith so that explains his value and relation to his previous owner.
The lost hope was restored, peter was struggling with processing this new information. could slaves be free? what does a free slave do? He quickly dispatched his new initiative of escaping to his fellow brother in chians.
Due to quick thinking and a bit of luck peter and a handful of slaves escaped under heavy gunfire and begin their way to Lincoln Army.
Majority of the movie covers this hot pursuit which span across days.
The slave overseer were determined to make an example out of the escapee.
My favorite scene was when the commander questions peter about the strips on his back saying all he sees is disobedience and pose the question are you fighters or are you runners? and Peter responded to him in anger "I fight them, they beat me, They whip me, They string me up,They sell me, They throw me down a well, They bring me out and beat me again and I fight them again.
They cut me, They burn my neck, my Feet, break the bones in my body but they could never break me." Just goosebumps.
I really enjoyed this movie as much as I did reviewing it. Thank you for your attention.