Film review: Will Smith puts in the performance of his career in Emancipation

Emancipation, which is based on a true story, is a gripping account of survival against all the odds

Will Smith is captivating as the indomitable Peter

★★★★☆

Emancipation (15A) opens in Louisiana in 1863 with the Civil War raging, and Haitian-born slave, Peter (Will Smith), dragged away from his wife, Dodienne (Charmaine Bingwa), and children and ‘put to war’ as a blacksmith in the service of the Confederate army.