Harriet
“Be free or die”
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
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Cynthia Erivo
Harriet Tubman
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Kasi Lemmons Director · Gregory Allen Howard Screenplay Terence Blanchard Composer
Budget $17M · United States release November 1, 2019 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$17,000,000
Production
Stay Gold Features
Production
Martin Chase Productions
Production
Perfect World Pictures
Production
Focus Features
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 10, 2019
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · November 1, 2019
Theatrical
United States · January 14, 2020
Digital · iTunes
United States
October 5, 2019 · Premiere · Mill Valley Film Festival
October 23, 2019 · Premiere · Philadelphia Film Festival
October 25, 2019 · Premiere · Austin Film Festival
October 26, 2019 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
January 2, 2020 · Premiere · Palm Springs International Film Festival
Australia
February 27, 2020 · Theatrical
Belgium
February 12, 2020
Brazil
July 1, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
Canada
October 5, 2019 · Premiere · Vancouver International Film Festival
France
July 1, 2020 · Digital · VOD
July 1, 2020 · Physical · DVD
July 1, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
Germany
April 23, 2020 · Theatrical
Ireland
November 22, 2019 · Theatrical
Japan
June 5, 2020 · Digital
Netherlands
February 13, 2020 · Theatrical
South Korea
February 14, 2020 · Digital
Spain
March 6, 2020 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 25, 2020 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 11, 2019 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
November 11, 2019 · Premiere · FilmBath Festival
November 22, 2019 · Theatrical
January 30, 2020 · Physical
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