Hey Everyone, I have decided to do something a little different.
I have decided to write a historical Movie Starring Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr, Janelle Monae and a whole wonderful Cast of People !
It is an incredible movie and Cynthia does an Outstanding Job playing Harriet Tubman!
The movie Starts off in 1849 Maryland a Slave State , Araminta "Minty Ross" is newly Married to freedman John Tubman, Minty is a slave on the Brodess plantation, along with his mother and sister.
Reverend Green finishes his sermon advising obedience and to follow the lord's will, Minty's Father Ben also a freed man approaches her owner Edward Brodess, with a lawyer's letter saying that Minty;s Mother Harriet "Rit" was to have been freed when she was 45 years old and her children born free.
John and Minty want to start their own family and have their children born free, Brodess angrily tears up the letter, In despair Minty prays to God to Kill Brodess and is caught by Brodess adult son Gideon who castigates her when Brodess dies shortly afterward.
Gideon offers Minty for sale, Minty who suffers "Spells" since being struck in the head as a little girl has a Vision of herself escaping to Freedom.
She interprets these scenes as visions from God and decides to escape John offers to accompany Minty, but she leaves him behind fearful he would lose his freedom if he gets caught with her, before she leaves she sings a song to let her mom that she is leaving Maryland that is her way of saying goodbye to her mom and her family so she doesn't get caught or taken away to somewhere else by her slave Owner Gideon or sold somewhere where she can't be with her family or husband John anymore.
She meets with her father before she starts on her journey to get her freedom as a free woman so she and her husband can start a family and her children can be born free, her father wraps something around his eyes so he doesn't see Minty in case after she leaves if anyone asks him if he says seen Minty he can say no he hasn't seen her and doesn't know where she has gone off too he also tells her to see the pastor before she officially leaves so he can bless her journey.
She sees the pastor and he gives her something to help her along with her journey and he blesses her comings and goings while she is on her journey, she travels all night and is pursued by Gideon and other men on Horseback, Eventually Gideon corners her at a bridge over a river, where he appeals to her faith and promises not to sell her.
Minty jumps anyway into the river and proclaims her will to be "free or die" Minty is presumed drowned, she successfully makes it to Wilmington Delaware and locates the abolitionist Thomas Garrett, He takes her to the Pennsylvania Border and Minty walks the remaining 25 miles to Philadelphia, where she meets William Still, Chairman of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society.
Willam encourages her to take a new name and she chooses Harriet after her mother and Tubman after her husband, Harriet temporarily lodges at Marie Buchanon's the daughter of a freed slave who was born free and is now a boarding house proprietor, After a year in Philadelphia Harriet begs William to assist bringing her family over to Philadelphia.
He tells her helping Slaves has become harder, she refuses to give up Harriet successfully makes it to John's homestead with forged papers only to find out he has remarried and is expecting a child, Harriet is absolutely devastated by what her husband John has done, and she has further visions and is found by her father, with the exception of her parents and sister, Rachel, Harriet leads nine other slaves to safety, five of them being from Gideon's farm, Meanwhile Harriet is admitted to the committee of the underground railroad for her actions, Harriet Continues to guide slaves to freedom as a conductor on the Underground Railroad and is dubbed "Moses".
You will have to see the movie to find out what happens next, It is a powerful ending, I decided to write about this movie because It is such a historical moment and an amazing and incredible part of history what Harriet Tubman did and all she went through is absolutely courageous and heroic she traveled back and forth from Philadelphia to Maryland to help her family and her people to be free that is a very ,caring, strong, and Brave Woman to do all what she did because she loved and cared about her people so much and wanted them all to have their freedom and independence!
I also wrote about this because Cynthia Erivo is absolutely incredible, she is amazing in whatever she does or whatever character role she is assigned to do she puts her whole heart, soul and spirit into the character and makes you believe she is actually the character she is playing in real life, she really made me believe she was Harriet Tubman because of how much she brought her to life.
I also like her strength she has in herself and how she carries herself and she knows who she is and she is proud of herself and all she has accomplished and continuing to accomplish!
She has a magnificent singing voice even without a microphone her voice still carries because of how strong and incredible it is, It has such a sweet innocence to it and when she sings its like she's the only person in the room and people listen whenever she sings or talks because they love the way she speaks and sings it touches their hearts and they can tell how much singing means to her and that she puts everything she has into her singing, she puts so much emotions and feelings into it when you hear her sing it's like she commands the room and everyone stops whatever their doing or saying because they want to capture every part of what she's singing or saying because she has such an incredible presence and voice that really draws you in!
She has a smile that radiates and lights up an entire room, It is so happy and cheerful and when she smiles her big bright smile, whoever is around her smiles with her because it is so contagious and when she laughs you laugh with her, because her laugh is so joyous, and happy and you cant help but join in with her because her presence is so sweet and kind and confident you cant help but smile when you see her because she just has that kind of presence!
She reminds me of myself with her smile, and the way she loves singing, and her joy for life, and her strength and confidence!
She is an absolute Queen and is loved by so many! And she did an outstanding job playing Elphaba, she really put her wholself into that character and hear heart! She makes everyone feel special and important and loved and that anyone can do thing they set their hearts and minds too and she is so kind and caring to everyone she meets and always gives her full attention to anyone who she is engaging with because she wants that person to know that they have her attention and that she is listening and taking in whatever the person is saying.
My favorite scene from the movie, is when she walks across the water and trusts God to help her make it through the water to the other side when the other people are afraid to walk in the water, they are afraid they will sink or not make it all the way across.
Harriet she is brave enough to go first and she shows them that there is nothing to be afraid of and that they can make it across the water to the other side too, when they see Harriet walking in the water and nothing happening to her they each go in one at a time and they all make it to the other side! That is an amazing scene, I also like the scene where Harriet gets her freedom name that is such an impactful scene as well very touching! And I like her song Stand up that is a very powerful Song It grabs at your heartstrings as soon as you hear it! Very powerful!
I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to watch a powerful and moving Movie!








