{"id":225019,"date":"2021-04-12T19:44:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T16:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/will-smith-pulls-movie-emancipation-from-georgia-over-voting-law\/"},"modified":"2021-04-12T19:44:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T16:44:12","slug":"will-smith-pulls-movie-emancipation-from-georgia-over-voting-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/will-smith-pulls-movie-emancipation-from-georgia-over-voting-law\/","title":{"rendered":"#Will Smith pulls movie ‘Emancipation’ from Georgia over voting law"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Will Smith pulls movie ‘Emancipation’ from Georgia over voting law<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Actor Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua plan to move production of their upcoming film about slavery out of Georgia to protest the state\u2019s new voter law.<\/p>\n

The film \u2014 a thriller about a runaway slave that\u2019s titled \u201cEmancipation\u201d \u2014 is the first big-budget movie project to pull out of the state on the basis of the new law, Variety reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cAt this moment in time, the Nation is coming to terms with its history and is attempting to eliminate vestiges of institutional racism to achieve true racial justice,\u201d Fuqua and Smith said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot in good conscience<\/a> provide economic support to a government that enacts regressive voting laws that are designed to restrict voter access,\u201d the statement added. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe new Georgia voting laws are reminiscent of voting impediments that were passed at the end of Reconstruction to prevent many Americans from voting. Regrettably, we feel compelled to move our film production work from Georgia to another state,\u201d it continued. <\/p>\n

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Director Antoine Fuqua has pulled his movie \u201cEmancipation\u201d from Georgia.<\/figcaption>
Getty Images for Heart of Los An<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The movie was scheduled to start filming on June 21, and feature Smith as a runaway slave as he attempts to flee to the north to freedom, according to the report. <\/p>\n

The Peach State law, among other provisions, requires ID for absentee voting and forbids people from giving food and water to those in line waiting to cast their ballots \u2014 rules critics say will suppress the vote, especially among minorities.<\/p>\n

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Will Smith\u2019s film is based on the life of an enslaved man named Peter (pictured), who escaped slavery to join the Union army during the Civil War. This photo of his scarred back made his story famous.<\/figcaption>
Wikimedia<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The decision to pull the project from the Peach State comes as Major League Baseball announced it would move this year\u2019s All-Star Game<\/a> out of Atlanta amid harsh criticism of the law, including by President Biden. <\/p>\n

Biden said on ESPN that he would support the league\u2019s decision to move the game from Atlanta \u2014 and compared the voting law to Jim Crow policies that restricted the voting rights of black people.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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