Emancipation

When Will Smith took the stage Wednesday night at Westwood’s Village Theatre to introduce his new slavery thriller “Emancipation,” the nearly full house cheered and took out their phones to…

In March 1863, two months after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, a Black man known as Peter (other accounts name him as Gordon) escaped a Louisiana plantation, endured…

Will Smith is making a comeback to the screen months after his controversial appearance at the 94th Academy Awards where he assaulted host Chris Rock on stage. The actor was subsequently…

Antoine Fuqua thought the worst was behind him. Early this year, the director of such films as “Training Day” and “The Equalizer” had just finished shooting his most ambitious movie yet,…

After holding ‘Emancipation’ in limbo following Will Smith’s slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards in March, Apple will release the actor’s next big project in December After holding…

Contrary to reports that Will Smith’s next film would be postponed to next year because of the Oscars slap, Apple confirmed Monday that “Emancipation” — a slavery drama starring Smith and…

By Express News Service Will Smith’s upcoming runaway slave thriller film Emancipation, directed by Antoine Fuqua, has paused production following positive COVID-19…

By PTI LOS ANGELES: Production on Will Smith-starrer runaway-slave thriller film "Emancipation" has been halted by Apple Studios after some of the members from the…

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