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| 02 March 2021 In the latest part of its recently launched foray into the UK market, global media company SPI International has announced the premiere of historical drama Emperor on all digital platforms in the UK in partnership with Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment. Directed by Mark Amin and written by Pat Charles and Mark Amin, Emperor is a based on the life story of Shields “Emperor” Green, an escaped slave whose chance encounter with the abolitionist John Brown in the north will forever alter the course of American history. Emperor stars Dayo Okeniyi (The Hunger Games, Sh...

Emperor: The True Facts Behind the Shields Green Movie February 28, 2021 by admin Emperor is a new historical action-adventure inspired by the little-known legend of forgotten hero and 19th century freedom fighter, Shields “Emperor” Green. What’s more, it’s coming to the UK on DVD and Digital platforms, so audiences can discover this crucial figure for themselves. In the film, we meet Emperor working on a plantation but, after a callous act of violence against his family, resorting to his own justice, he finds himself on the run as a wanted man. Fleeing the law, bounty hunters and bet...

Last modified on Wed 24 Feb 2021 04.31 EST “The history of the civil war was written by white men to serve their own agenda. It’s time for a black man to tell his own story.” The narrative emancipation practised by Emperor, though, is questionable, considering that more than a few liberties are taken with the story of Shields “Emperor” Green, the escaped slave who was hanged after storming Harpers Ferry with John Brown in 1859. Sadly, they are not taken with the same revisionist audacity as Quentin Tarantino gave Django Unchained, with whom this shares a producer. Her...

Stars Fell on Alabama: 3 THE DISSIDENT: Here’s a supreme example of hard-hitting journalism. So hard that it has been almost buried since it premiered at Sundance last year, where the audience stood up and cheered. The facts it unearths are much too threatening for business and diplomatic connections with Saudi Arabia, and may be the reason for its sidelining. It finally arrives video-on-demand, and you should seek it out. Courtesy of Route 504PR The basic story is about Jamal Khashoggi, the writer for the Washington Post who was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. He was a...