Will Smith, Antoine Fuqua’s ‘Emancipation’ Pulls Production From Georgia Over Voting Laws “We cannot in good conscience provide economic support to a government that enacts regressive voting laws,” the producers write of upcoming feature filmThom Geier | April 12, 2021 @ 6:00 AM Getty Images Director/producer Antoine Fuqua and actor/producer Will Smith announced Monday that they will move production of the upcoming pre-Civil War drama “Emancipation” from Georgia due to the state’s newly enacted voting restriction laws. “At this moment in time, the nation is coming to terms with its history and is attempting to eliminate vestiges of institutional racism to achieve true racial justice,” Fuqua and Smith said in statement. “We cannot in good conscience provide economic support to a government that enacts regressive voting laws that are designed to restrict voter access. The new Georgia voting laws are reminiscent of voting impediments that were passed at the end of Reconstruction to prevent many Americans from voting. Regrettably, we