Mustafa Shakir on His Powerful ‘Emancipation’ and How He Overcame His ‘Hang Up’ to ‘Slave’ Movies

Mustafa Shakir has always had a “hang up” about slave movies, so when his agent sent him the script for Antoine Fuqua’s “Emancipation” saying the casting director wanted him to read for Gordon, one of the slaves, it wasn’t a surprise that “the role didn’t resonate.” But Shakir, best-known for his…

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