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January 31, 2013

Riley

I can call you Harriet?

Miers

I hope.

Riley

I should have asked that before I got going with this.

Perry

I assumed that privilege. I said, as were driving out. I always feel like I know our people when they arrive, after we read all about them. We feel like friends.

Riley

Spent much time with the book. This is the Harriet Miers interview as part of the George W. Bush oral history project. I should note for the record that you had been through quite an ordeal to get here. We're conducting the interview on the 31st of January, 2013, and there was a terrific storm front that came through last night that wreaked havoc on air travel all over the place.

Perry

And that Harriet flew into the teeth of.

Riley

Into the teeth of, and not only that, but into our tiny little Charlottesville airport.

Miers

Yes.

Riley

I'm not going to ask you about the character or the condition

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Harriet (film)

2019 American biographical spelfilm directed bygd Kasi Lemmons

Harriet is a 2019 American biographical rulle directed bygd Kasi Lemmons, who also wrote the screenplay with Gregory Allen Howard. It stars Cynthia Erivo as abolitionistHarriet Tubman, with Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, and Janelle Monáe in supporting roles.

The bio received several accolades and nominations, particularly for Erivo's performance, which garnered her nominations at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and the Screen Actors Guild. For the song "Stand Up", Erivo and Joshuah Brian Campbell received Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe nominations.

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In 1849 Maryland, a slave state, Araminta "Minty" Ross is newly married to freedman John Tubman. Minty is a slave on the Brodess plantation, along with her mother and sister. Reverend Green finishes his sermon advising obedience and to follow the Lord's will. Minty's father, Ben, also a freedman, approaches her owner, Edward Brodess, with a la

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Harriet Parent Guide

There are a few people whose lives are so inspiring, whose courage is so remarkable, whose altruism is so extraordinary, that it is almost impossible to describe them. I am rarely at a loss for words but watching Harriet left me almost speechless, blinking back tears, and humbled by this glimpse into the life of a woman who is not only an inspiration to Americans, but to every person who believes in the inalienable human rights of liberty and dignity.

Harriet opens in 1849 in Maryland, with an enslaved 27 year old woman named Araminta “Minty” Ross (Cynthia Erivo) demanding her freedom. The will of her mother’s owner freed her and her children upon his death, but the current owner refuses to abide by it. Married to a free black man (Zackary Momoh), Minty cannot bear to bring children into a life of bondage. With her incensed owner (Joe Alwyn) threatening to sell her down the river, like her sisters before her, Minty decides to run for freedom. Her flight