Emperor

Son of kings. Father of revolution.

An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green.

History War Drama

Dayo Okeniyi

(Shields Green)

Bruce Dern

(Levi Coffin)

James Cromwell

(John Brown)

Kat Graham

(Delores)

Ben Robson

(Luke McCabe)

Naturi Naughton

(Sarah Green)

Paul Scheer

(Duvane Henderson)

Keean Johnson

(Rufus Kelly)

M.C. Gainey

(Randolph Stevens)

Mykelti Williamson

(Truesdale)

Harry Lennix

(Frederick Douglas)

Nicholas Logan

(Gunther Bowman)

Brad Carter

(Grady)

Trayce Malachi

(Tommy)

Dorothy Steel

(Slave)