Directed by: Julia Marchesi
Starring: Nicole Beharie, Colman Domingo, Andre Holland, Jonathan Majors, Denzel Whitaker, Jeffrey Wright, Keidrick Roy, David Blight, Henry Louis Gates Jr, Kenneth B. Morris Jr, Sarah Lewis, Bisa Butler, Nzadi Keita
58 minutes
(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes)
PLOT:
After his escape from slavery at age 20, Frederick Douglass went on to become the most famous Black man in the nineteenth century, known for the power of his words. Entirely self-taught, Douglass was a powerful writer and master orator, crafting speeches that called out American hypocrisy and challenged the nation to live up to its founding principles. This documentary offers a new approach to understanding Douglass’ story, guided entirely by his own words to chart his rise from a passionate young agitator to a composed statesman, and ultimately to a disenchanted but still hopeful older man. Though his actual voice was never recorded, the power of these performances offers an opportunity to hear the potency of his words with timely urgency over a century after his time.
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