One blockbuster movie leaves. Which will be next? Last year, Apple won a bidding war for Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua's new movie, Emancipation. The deal was supposedly around $130 million, and there was a palpable buzz around the film. It tells the story of a slave named "Whipped Peter" who escapes his plantation in 1863 and then joins the Union to fight the Confederacy in the Civil War. Photos taken of Peter during his Army medical examination first appeared in the July 4 issue of Harper’s Weekly. One image shows Peter’s bare back, mutilated by whipping. It became a famous image known as the "Scourged Back." Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 12 April, 2021