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=== Film and television === * [[Robert Guillaume]] portrays Douglass during a speech about the [[Slavery in the United States|American slave trade]] in the 1985 miniseries ''[[North and South (miniseries)|North and South]]'' (Season 1, episode 3).<ref name="NYM 1985">{{cite journal| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7McBAAAAMBAJ&q=Slavs%2C+Slaves%2C+Shoulders&pg=PA58|title=Slavs, Slaves, and Shoulders (Review: ''North and South'')| last=Leonard| first=John| date=November 4, 1985| journal=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]| pages=58β61| access-date=February 17, 2024}}</ref> * ''[[Glory (1989 film)|Glory]]'' (1989) features Douglass, played by [[Raymond St. Jacques]], as a friend of Francis George Shaw. * In [[Ken Burns]]' 1990 documentary ''[[The Civil War (miniseries)|The Civil War]]'', Douglass is voiced by actor [[Morgan Freeman]]. * The 2004 [[mockumentary]] film ''[[C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America]]'' features the figure of Douglass in an alternative history. * In ''[[Akeelah and the Bee]]'' (2006), characters discuss Douglass near a bronze bust of him by sculptor [[Tina Allen]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rourke |first=Mary |date=September 12, 2008 |title=L.A. sculptor whose subject was African Americans |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-sep-12-me-allen12-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015133000/http://articles.latimes.com/2008/sep/12/local/me-allen12 |archive-date=October 15, 2012}}</ref> * The 2008 documentary film ''[[Frederick Douglass and the White Negro]]'' tells the story of Douglass in Ireland and the relationship between [[African Americans|African]] and Irish Americans during the [[American Civil War]]. * Douglass appears in ''[[Freedom (2014 film)|Freedom]]'', where he is portrayed by Byron Utley.<ref>{{cite web|title=Review: 'Freedom' Stars Cuba Gooding Jr. as a Slave Fleeing to Canada|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/05/movies/review-freedom-stars-cuba-gooding-jr-as-a-slave-fleeing-to-canada.html?_r=0|website=[[The New York Times]]|first=Andy|last=Webster|accessdate=February 17, 2024|date=June 4, 2015}}</ref> * In the 2015 documentary film ''The Gettysburg Address'', the role of Frederick Douglass is voiced by actor [[Laurence Fishburne]]. * A [[The Good Lord Bird (miniseries)|miniseries]] based on [[James McBride (writer)|James McBride]]'s 2013 novel, ''[[The Good Lord Bird]]''<u>,</u> was released in 2020, with [[Daveed Diggs]] as Douglass.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sippell |first=Margeaux |date=August 2, 2019 |title=Daveed Diggs to Play Frederick Douglass in Ethan Hawke's Showtime Limited Series 'The Good Lord Bird' |url=https://www.thewrap.com/daveed-diggs-to-play-frederick-douglass-in-ethan-hawkes-showtime-limited-series-the-good-lord-bird/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205062131/https://www.thewrap.com/daveed-diggs-to-play-frederick-douglass-in-ethan-hawkes-showtime-limited-series-the-good-lord-bird/ |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |access-date=December 3, 2019 |website=[[TheWrap]]}}</ref> Douglass is portrayed negatively. * On February 23, 2022, HBO released a one-hour documentary titled ''Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches,'' based on David W. Blight's [[Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hbo.com/movies/frederick-douglass-in-five-speeches |title=Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches | Official Website for the HBO Series |publisher=HBO.com |date= |access-date=August 26, 2022}}</ref> * Douglass was portrayed by [[Elvis Nolasco]] in the 2024 [[Apple TV+]] miniseries series ''[[Manhunt (miniseries)|Manhunt]]''.<ref name="Alexandra 2024">{{cite web |last=Alexandra |first=Rae |title='Manhunt' Review: Apple TV+ Series Is Gripping But Not All True |website=KQED |date=March 15, 2024 |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/13954052/abraham-lincoln-assassination-plot-apple-tv-show-review-mary-simms |access-date=May 3, 2024}}</ref>
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