'Harriet is not a movie about slavery,' Debra Martin Chase told the Producer Roundtable, 'It's a movie about freedom and empowerment'
is not a movie about slavery," Debra Martin Chase told the Producer Roundtable, "It's a movie about freedom and empowerment. It really is about one woman's drive to change her life and the world."
The biopic took Martin Chase seven years to bring to the screen, saying, "Anytime you're telling a story that may be a little bit out of the mainstream, it's difficult. When you're telling a story about a historical black woman, it's really tough. Seven years ago, people were glazed over when I brought it up."
"As times change, as Hollywood changes, the world changed. People became more receptive to the idea that a movie starring a black woman , might be commercial [or] have the potential to be."was ultimately worth fighting for, despite all the setbacks and pushbacks noting the film is, "About a woman who couldn't read, couldn't write, was destined to be a slave her entire life and decided, 'No, that's not gonna be my destiny.
The full Producer Roundtable is set to air Jan. 26 on SundanceTV. Heyman appears on the roundtable panel with Charlize Theron (
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