Review of Emancipation (2022) by Bill Goodykoontz for Arizona Republic — 05 Dec 2022

Emancipation, Antoine Fuqua’s well-meaning and graphic depiction of an enslaved man who escapes in search of Lincoln’s army and freedom for himself and his family, is a mostly affecting, no-holds-barred look at degradation, inhumanity and, ultimately, inspiration.

But at times — too many times — Emancipation also plays like an action-adventure movie.