Review of Harriet

Conventional biopic about Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave who became an abolitionist, suffrage campaigner, and general all round heroine. She's famous to Americans, less so to a British audience. It's well made if conventional and a bit long, and justly celebrates her life and the realities of the Underground Railroad, including the awful impact of the Fugitive Slave Act.

Watched on BBC iPlayer in two tranches, because though it's not gory, it's not feelgood watching either.