Co-Writer/Director Kasi Lemmons
Kasi Lemmons is an award-winning director, writer, actress and professor who has been a staple in Hollywood for nearly three decades. Her acclaimed 1997 feature directorial debut, Eve’s Bayou, was recently inducted into the National Film Registry, and is considered among the first to showcase the beauty of African American Southern culture. The film received the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature, and the National Board of Review bestowed her with a special first-time director award. Eve’s Bayou marked Samuel L. Jackson’s debut as a film producer and helped launch the careers of actresses Megan Good and Jurnee Smollett.
Lemmons’ sophomore feature, The Caveman's Valentine, opened the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, while her third film, Talk to Me, earned the 2008 NAACP Image Award for outstanding directing. She also adapted Langston Hughes’ musical Black Nativity for the big screen in 2013. As an actress, Lemmons appeared in such notable films as Jonathan Demme’s Silence of the Lambs, John Woo’s Hard Target and Spike Lee’s School Daze.
Lemmons has worked extensively as a mentor and educator, and currently serves as an Arts Professor in the Graduate Film Department at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. She has shared her passion for writing and teaching with institutions across the world, including Yale University, MIT, USC, UCLA, Los Angeles Film School and The University Pristina Film School in Kosovo. Lemmons holds an Honorary Degree, Doctor of Letters from Salem State Collage. She has served on the board of Film Independent since 2004.
Along with Academy Award®-nominated composer Terrence Blanchard, Lemmons recently added librettist to her formidable body of work, creating the stage adaptation of Charles Blow’s New York Times bestselling memoir Fire Shut up in My Bones, for the Opera Theater of Saint Louis. She is currently in pre-production for the Madam CJ Walker limited series on Netflix.
Lemmons resides in Harlem with her husband Vondie Curtis-Hall and their children.
Official Trailer: Harriet
"Stand Up" Official Music Video
"This Is The Committee" Clip
Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman
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#Repost @gettyentertainment: Golden Globe nominee Cynthia Erivo walks the red carpet at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards. Erivo is nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama for her performance as Harriet Tubman in @harrietfilm. | January 5, 2020 |Janelle Monáe as Marie Buchanon
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#Repost @urbanworldfilmfest:@cynthiaerivo slaying our red carpet for the #Urbanworld premiere of @harrietfilm. #HARRIET@harrietfilm
At last night’s DC premiere of #HARRIET, our cast and crew were joined by Harriet Tubman’s great-great-grandniece Judith Bryant and great-great-great-grandniece Ernestine "Tina" Wyatt.Co-Writer/Director Kasi Lemmons
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Hiding in plain sight, Harriet Tubman would often use disguises to avoid getting caught. #HARRIETKasi Lemmons (Co-Writer/Director) and Cynthia Erivo (Harriet Tubman)
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The incredible women who brought Harriet Tubman’s story to life. #HARRIET #TIFF19"Stand Up" Featurette
“I will give every last drop of blood in my veins until this monster called slavery is dead.”
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#HARRIET in Hollywood.@harrietfilm
“My illustration tribute of #Harriet Tubman reflects the strength, courage and dedication to the freedom of not only herself but hundreds of others…The faces represent the enslaved that she freed as well as the feeling of bond and kinship that I have always shared with her through my heritage.She was a beacon of light that still shines and her legacy is one that should be celebrated. That is why I am excited to see the @HarrietFilm and seeing @cynthiaerivo depict the struggle, resilience and heroism of Harriet Tubman on the big screen.”"I'm Going To Be Free Or Die" Clip
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#Repost @instagram: It’s #GoldenGlobes weekend and we are spending the day with first-time nominee Cynthia Erivo (@cynthiaerivo), who’s portrayal of Harriet Tubman in the new film “Harriet” has earned her not one, but two nominations. But the actress and singer-songwriter is a seasoned pro when it comes to playing strong female leads — from Broadway to film and now television, she is on an unstoppable roll.Leslie Odom Jr. as William Still
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Director @officialspikelee hosts a special screening of #HARRIET in NYC.@harrietfilm
#Repost @officialsbiff: Today at #SBIFF's Cinema Society we were joined by @cynthiaerivo following a screening of @harrietfilm from @focusfeatures #cynthiaerivo #harriet #harriettubmanJoe Alwyn (Left) as Gideon Brodess
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#TIFF portrait from @vanityfair: The beautiful Cynthia Erivo, star of Harriet.@focusfeatures
#Regram // @lala: “Kiyan and I went to see Harriet last night to support our girl @cynthiaerivoComposer Terence Blanchard discusses process, inspiration and his score for Harriet.
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#HARRIET at #TIFF19.Cynthia Erivo (Harriet Tubman) and Leslie Odom Jr. (William Still)
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At the #TIFF19 world premiere of #HARRIET with our shining star @cynthiaerivo.Vondie Curtis Hall as Reverend Green
Co-Writer/Director Kasi Lemmons
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Last night at #LFF with our #HARRIET crew.-#repost @universalpicturesukVanity Fair discusses how Cynthia Erivo found her voice.
"Her Time Is Now" Featurette
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Celebrating #HARRIET last night in NYC. More photos in our story“God don't mean people to own people.”
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As we move forward on this journey with Harriet and @harrietfilm I feel it important to shine a light on this incredible, beautiful woman here @kasi_lemmons my director. My friend and my confident. Hollywood and black girl royalty. She exemplifies what it is to be a guide, what it is to be kind and she is a genius. Just thought you all should know!! X I should also mention I love her.Pride's Valerie Complex breaks down the details within the details of Kasi Lemmon's Harriet.