Film and television Robert Guillaume portrays Douglass during a speech about the American slave trade in the 1985 miniseries North and South (Season 1, episode 3). Glory (1989) features Douglass, played by Raymond St. Jacques, as a friend of Francis George Shaw. In Ken Burns' 1990 documentary 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. The 2008 documentary film Frederick Douglass and the White Negro tells the story of Douglass in Ireland and the relationship between African and Irish Americans during the American Civil War. Douglass appears in Freedom, where he is portrayed by Byron Utley. In the 2015 documentary film The Gettysburg Address, the role of Frederick Douglass is voiced by actor Laurence Fishburne. A miniseries based on James McBride's 2013 novel, The Good Lord Bird, was released in 2020, with Daveed Diggs as Douglass. 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. Douglass was portrayed by Elvis Nolasco in the 2024 Apple TV+ miniseries series Manhunt.
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