![]() ![]() Julia Marchesi, the film’s director, says: “He was an early social media master. His understanding of the power of the pen, the voice and the image was ahead of his time. They might also give cause to mourn a golden age of oratory that few political figures seek to match these days.īut Douglass was also one of the most photographed men of the 19th century. The vignettes give ample reminder that, despite never having a day of formal education, Douglass wrote like an angel and entranced audiences like Cicero. ![]() But here a starry cast – Nicole Beharie, Colman Domingo, Majors, Denzel Whitaker and Jeffrey Wright – conjure his spirit by performing excerpts from five speeches, each representing a different moment in 19th-century America as well as his own political evolution. ![]() Sadly for the film-makers, no recordings of Douglass exist. ![]()
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