Movie
Emperor
Overview
An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green.
Details
- Release date
- 2020-08-18
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- History, War, Drama, Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Sobini Films, Hudlin Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Dayo Okeniyi as Shields Green
- Bruce Dern as Levi Coffin
- James Cromwell as John Brown
- Kat Graham as Delores
- Ben Robson as Luke McCabe
- Naturi Naughton as Sarah Green
- Paul Scheer as Duvane Henderson
- Keean Johnson as Rufus Kelly
- M.C. Gainey as Randolph Stevens
- Mykelti Williamson as Truesdale
- Harry Lennix as Frederick Douglas
- Nicholas Logan as Gunther Bowman
Crew
- Mark Amin - Director
- Pat Charles - Writer
- Mark Amin - Writer
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