Will Smith is set to play a Black man fighting for his freedom in the upcoming runaway-slave movie, Emancipation, helmed by Training Day director Antoine Fuqua.
It is the real-life story of a slave named Peter, who goes through the swamps of Louisiana and eventually joins the Union Army.
A photo that is known as “the scourged back,” was published in May 1865 and told a vivid portion of his story. Emancipation will cover that compelling story, but it will be first and foremost an action thriller.
Fuqua told Deadline: “It was the first viral image of the brutality of slavery that the world saw, which is interesting, when you put it into perspective with today and social media and what the world is seeing, again.
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