In the 2019 biographical film about abolitionist Harriet Tubman, Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo plays 'Araminta "Minty" Ross', a slave in 1840s Maryland newly married to freedman 'John Tubman'. She decides to escape her captivity at the Brodess farm and runs to freedom with the help of the Underground Railroad to Philadelphia, where she chooses the free name 'Harriet', after her mother. She decides to return to free her family in the South and then heroically helps hundreds of fellow slaves find freedom as a 'conductor' on the Underground Railroad.
Costumes worn by Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman
It's so cool to see them exhibited out from behind reflective display cases, but I've said it before and I'll say it again, I just wish the mannequins reflected the skin colour of the actress wearing the outfits, like with this Harriet movie costume on display at ArcLight Hollywood cinema.
Paul Tazewell was Costume Designer on the historical biopic directed by Kasi Lemmons and you can see more of his work with these costumes from Jesus Christ Superstar in Concert.
Harriet movie billboard
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