Emancipation: Has ‘slapgate’ influenced reviews of new Smith film?
Emancipation sees the actor play a slave who escapes a plantation and flees through Louisiana’s swamps. …
“Honestly, the thought of walking out crossed my mind several times,” she wrote of Emancipation. “Not because the film wasn’t up to par, but seeing so much black death onscreen is exhausting and painful, and there is only so much I can take – even if the ending of a film is hopeful.”