The Pitch: “Then what?” There’s a moment in Emancipation where the film establishes a modus operandi. A white man named Fassel (Ben Foster), while sitting with his two partners, explains the actual reason behind slavery’s cruelty and white supremacy. Coldly and bluntly, he tells a childhood story about the enslaved…
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Emancipation Review: A Heavy-Handed Film With Powerful Moments Can’t Get Out of its Own Way
Marcus Shorter