This is a film about freedom - Will Smith says about new film

The new Will Smith film will be making its screening debut at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 51st Annual Legislative Conference, the film was set in the times of slavery and is related to freedom, as the title suggests.

It will be released on December 2, this year.

“Throughout my career, I’ve turned down many films that were set in slavery,” Will Smith said. “I never wanted to show us like that. And then this picture came along. And this is not a film about slavery. This is a film about freedom. This is a film about resilience. This is a film about faith.”

The news of the fresh picture was broken by the news outlet, the Hollywood Reporter, which revealed that Will Smith said the soon-to-be released film is “about the heart of a man.”

The official poster for the new Smith film Pulse

Film plot

Emancipation is directed by Antoine Fuqua and is about a man called Peter who escaped from a plantation in Louisiana, in the South of the USA, to reunite with his family, and thereafter joined the Union Army. In that army, his back was medically examined, and his wounds became “the first viral image.”

Smith added, “Cameras had just been created, and the image of whipped Peter went around the world. It was a rallying cry against slavery, and this was a story that exploded and blossomed in my heart that I wanted to be able to deliver to you in a way that only Antoine Fuqua could deliver.”

Comeback

Will Smith won an Oscar for his role as Richard Williams, father of tennis champions Venus and Serena Williams, in King Richard. It is a biopic that outlined Richard Williams’ role in the two sisters’ success in the sport of tennis.

However, this was achievement was overshadowed by Smith physically assaulted comedian Chris Rock and Smith’s career seemed to sunk to its lowest. Emancipation thus represents a comeback for the actor.