The actress plays abolitionist hero Harriet Tubman in the forthcoming biopic.
, the forthcoming Harriet Tubman biopic, is here, and it's got Oscar contender written all over it. The film stars Cynthia Erivo as the abolitionist who escaped slavery and then returned to the South to help free other slaves and fight for women's suffrage. Not only was Tubman a conductor on the Underground Railroad, she also worked for the Union as a nurse during the Civil War and“The story is such an important one to tell, and it’s crazy that it hasn’t been told yet.
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