Emancipation, directed by Antoine Fuqua, in which he plays a slave fleeing a plantation in Louisiana.Discussing his role and why he had not wanted to make a film about slavery in the past, Smith recently told GQ that he “didn’t want to show Black people in that light”.“I’ve always avoided making films about slavery,” he began, “In the early part of my career…I didn’t want to show Black people in that light.
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