The story of Harriet Tubman is one that we all know, however, just until recently it had never been adapted into a film. Viola Davis and husband Julius Tennon have worked to get the story told. Davis has gone on record saying that the story has not been told because it is about a black woman. In the hierarchy of the heteropatriarchy black women are the low man on the totem pole. They are often symbolically annihilated erasing them from the public mind, and essential the public discourse which then sacrifices their well being because they aren't seen as having a voice. It is important that Davis and Tennon portray this story as authentically as possible to promote positive images of black women.
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