Apple Original Films has released its first official trailer for its forthcoming movie ‘Emancipation’ as they also announce its date.
The movie which is dated to hit the screens later this year in December will be starring Wills Smith as he makes a return to the screen once more following the recent Oscar saga as well as Ben Foster.
Apple Original Films dropped the official trailer and key art for Emancipation on Monday, October 3, 2022. The drama marks Will Smith, the 54-year-old actor’s first film since his incident at the 94th Academy Awards where he slapped Chris Rock in front of a live audience.
Taking to Instagram where Smith shared the trailer shared wrote a caption describing the movie as the hardest movie he has ever made, “Blood, Sweat & Tears… LITERALLY! Shoutout to Apple who doubled (and tripled) down on their commitment to deliver this epic story to the world.”
Emancipation is a 2022 American historical action thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by William N. Collage, written based on a true life story, which talks about slavery.
Emancipation had its first screening in Washington, D.C. on October 1, 2022. It is scheduled to be released in limited theaters on December 2, 2022, before releasing on Apple TV+ on December 9.
Set in Louisiana during the American Civil War, Smith portrays Peter, a man who escapes slavery and sets out on a quest for freedom.
The trailer begins with Peter saying, “I heard it myself— slaves are free.”
From there, he embarks on a triumphant journey following the “sounds of Abraham [Lincoln]’s cannons.”
An official synopsis for the movie reads. “Emancipation tells the triumphant story of Peter (Smith), a man who escapes from slavery, relying on his wits, unwavering faith and deep love for his family to evade cold-blooded hunters and the unforgiving swamps of Louisiana on his quest for freedom.
“The film is inspired by the 1863 photos of ‘Whipped Peter,’ taken during a Union Army medical examination, that first appeared in Harper’s Weekly. One image, known as ‘The Scourged Back,’ which shows Peter’s bare back mutilated by a whipping delivered by his enslavers, ultimately contributed to growing public opposition to slavery.
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