Fans who watched the red carpet ceremony of the Emancipation premiere already have a few choice words to say. When producer Joey McFarland decided to pull out a part of his “historical collection,” several onlookers gasped in horror and that included all the viewers at home.
The movie is so fresh out of the can, the ink hasn’t even dried yet and Joey McFarland is already making a big stink. Will Smith plays the lead role of a slave named Pete who escapes captivity and is chased through the swamps of Louisiana where he finally finds the Baton Rouge Union camp where he eventually joins the fight to end the Civil War and, in effect, end slavery. While in Baton Rouge, a picture is taken of Pete’s scourged back as part of the examination, a photo that was originally published in Harper’s Weekly to show the brutality slaves faced at the hands of their owners.
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