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Viola Davis to Play Harriet Tubman in Upcoming HBO Film

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to star as in an .

‘How to Get Away with Murder's leading lady, Viola Davis, will portray Harriety Tubman in a new HBO . The upcoming HBO biopic will be based on Kate Clifford Larson's book ;Bound for the Promise Land.' The new will center around Harriet Tubman's courageous acts leading slaves to freedom through the Railroad and later fighting with the during the Civil War.

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Viola Davis has just finished working on the ABC hit ‘How to Get Away With Murder'. Prior to filming ‘How to Get Away With Murder', Davis filmed ‘Lila & Eve' alongside Jennifer Lopez in , Georgia.

Source: THR

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