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Studio executive 25 years ago suggested Julia Roberts play escaped slave Harriet Tubman

By 2019-11-20T01:55:00

Julia Roberts Cynthia Erivo in 'Harriet'

Source: Wikipedia / Toronto International Film Festival

“What I realise now is that the film was not going to get made until the environment in Hollywood changed.”

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