Film screening Harriet

Harriet Tubman is one of the heroes depicted by artist Jacob Lawrence in his works.
Especially for the exhibition Jacob Lawrence On December 9, there will be a screening of the film Harriet at De Lieve Vrouw. In the film, directed by Kasi Lemmons and starring Cynthia Erivo, you will find out Tubman's life story.

When: Tuesday, December 9
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Location: De Lieve Vrouw Film Theater
Costs: 12.50 (Cineville free)
Language: English language (with English subtitles)

The film is 125 minutes long.

About the film

Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery, and helps free many other enslaved people, via the Underground Railroad.

Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in 1849, when she was 27, and ended up in Philadelphia, where she could have chosen to settle into a relatively secure existence. But that choice was not for her. She had had to leave her husband and the rest of her family, and so she went back to get them. This she did through the network of the Underground Railroad. Ultimately, Tubman would lead 13 missions and lead some 70 enslaved people to freedom. Tubman is considered one of the most heroic individuals in the fight against slavery in the U.S., and her story is extraordinary.

Harriet also shows her leadership in the Combahee River Raid, a military operation where more than 750 enslaved people were freed, her work as a Union spy during the Civil War and her advocacy for women's suffrage.

The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad did not run underground nor was it a railroad. The term was used for a clandestine network of slave liberators. This all used code names of railroads. These routes allowed escaped enslaved people to leave the southern states of the United States and seek safe haven in the northern states and in Canada.