Producer Joey McFarland caught reporters off guard when he pulled out a photo of a whipped slave named Peter, from 1863, on the red carpet. Will Smith’s slavery drama “Emancipation” held its red ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Emancipation” producer Joey McFarland has been criticized for collecting and subsequently publicizing an original photography ...

The story that unfolds in Emancipation is that of a real-life escaped enslaved man, Gordon. The film is based on a historical photo taken of Gordon (known historically as “Whipped Peter”) in 1863, ...

“Emancipation” film producer Joey McFarland sparked outrage across social media after he walked the red carpet at the Los Angeles premiere last week with an image of the real-life slave that the film ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joey McFarland, a producer of the film Emancipation, has apologised after showing a real photo of an enslaved man at the red ...

“I hope my actions didn’t distract from the film’s message, Peter’s story and just how much impact he had on the world," McFarland wrote in an Instagram post Sunday. By Abbey White, Carly Thomas Joey ...

“Emancipation” producer Joey McFarland has been criticized for bringing a photograph of the former slave known as “Whipped Peter,” whose fight for freedom and his family is chronicled in the film, to ...

"Why do you own the photograph? Why did you bring it to a movie premiere if the intent is to preserve it respectfully?" The Black List founder Franklin Leonard asked Joey McFarland via Twitter ...

With slave heads mounted on sticks, bodies hanging from trees and death from labor exhaustion, Will Smith's "Emancipation" accurately depicts the violence used to maintain racial hierarchy in ...

McFarland brought the original photograph of "Whipped Peter," the former slave played by Will Smith in the film, to the premiere. “Emancipation” producer Joey McFarland has been criticized for ...