Emancipation is a masterpiece about slavery, courage, dignity, love, irrational hate, and survival. Will Smith's performance is absolutely breathtaking: brilliant, exquisite, and full of sorrow and depth. The rest of the cast, especially Charmaine Bingwa, is great too. The cinematography (Robert Richardson: who is also the cinematographer of Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained, Once Upon a Time in...Hollywood) is fantastic, and the direction (Antoine Fuqua) is brilliant. There are some very cruel and very hard scenes to watch, and I missed a bit of depth in some of the characters, but overall this is a brilliant film about one of the most horrific injustices and cruelties that human beings have produced. A must see. Bravo to all. 10/10.