With their firm principles and integrity, the present is formed by the actions of people who have to lead a revolution of change. Witness one man unshackle chains of slavery and unite a torn nation in Lincoln, a biographical historical drama film on International Day for the Abolition of Slavery observed on Wednesday, 2nd December 2020 which will air at 7 PM only on &PrivéHD.
The extraordinary masterpiece, Lincoln created by famed director Steven Spielberg starring the Academy Award winner for Best Actor, Daniel Day Lewis is as revisit to a dark phase in the history of the nation. The actor won the award for his role as United States President Abraham Lincoln in the film. The movie highlights the president’s struggles with the continuing carnage and the peak of the American Civil War. It also touches lightly on the battlefield that to emancipate the slaves and bring about a new chapter for the nation, Lincoln must fight with many inside his own cabinet on his decision. The cast in supporting roles is Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn and James Spader.
Considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era, Spielberg is one of the most popular directors and producers in film history. Critically and commercially successful film Jaws (1975) was directed by him which is considered the first summer blockbuster. Other movies by this filmmaker include Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and its later sequels as part of the Indiana Jones franchise, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Jurassic Park (1993), The Color Purple (1985), Empire of the Sun (1987), Schindler’s List (1993), Amistad (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998) Munich (2005, Bridge of Spies (2015), The Post (2017) etc.
Daniel Day Lewis is a retired English actor with three Academy Awards for Best Actor making him the only male actor to receive three Oscars and in that category. The performances he has been praised include Stephen Frears’ My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), and James Ivory’s A Room with a View (1986).
Watch Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day Lewis come together to bring to life history’s most noted president this International Day for the Abolition of Slavery on Wednesday at 7 PM On &PrivéHD
