Review of Harriet (2019) by Jamiekennerson — 05 Nov 2019

The negative reviews for this movie mainly come from people who have not actually seen the film and due to xenophobic attitudes to Cynthia Erivo due to her being British and of Nigerian descent. Despite what they are spewing online Cynthia has not expressed any hateful attitudes to African American people and she has cleared up any misunderstanding people have.

However, this small number of xenophobic Americans have shown despicable behavior by setting out to ruin this movie's online ratings. The film is a great showcase of a great American hero and should be seen by every American citizen.

The star Cynthia Erivo gives a moving and passionate lead performance and deserves every award available to her. Despite the importance and significance of this movie, these small-minded xenophobic people have now claimed that the black slave catcher character who attempts to kill Harriet leading for her former master to kill him is a 'white savior' theme and that the film attempts to make black men the villain.

This is uneqiviquoly untrue and shows that these people will do and say whatever it takes to attempt to ruin this movie. In reality, the black slave catcher is one of many black male characters, the character of Harriet's father and William Still are positive portrayals of black men who take up much more of the film than the slave catcher which these people ignore.

The idea of a white savior is also false as Harriet is not saved out of respect or goodness, but is saved for the slave masters own good. Overall the campaign to ruin this movie by certain black Americans displays why it is so difficult for black movies such as this to be made as for some reason certain individuals do not allow for them to be made and told.

My final point is to ignore the hateful people attempting to destroy this movie and see it for yourself it is a great movie and has many positives.