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Emancipation, a gritty retelling of the true story of an enslaved man, could be seen as Will Smith's way back into the Oscars. But looking at it in the context of a burgeoning field of slave narratives, Emancipation's lack of nuance feels not only lazy, but exploitative.
Will Smith sticks to Movie Star mode as a family man dodging hunters, bullets, a gator and a snake while fleeing slavery.
Smith brings movie-star presence to historical figure whose suffering and dignity became an iconic abolitionist image
Smith plays Peter, the enslaved Black man whose escape to freedom helped galvanizes the abolitionist movement, in this grueling Civil War-era action-drama from director Antoine Fuqua.
Eight months after he slapped Chris Rock on stage at the 2022 Academy Awards, Smith returned to the red carpet to promote his new film.