So Robert Richardson‘s lensing of Emancipation (Apple, 12.2) is basically black-and-white with very soft hints of watercolor green. Was Antoine Fuqua‘s period drama shot in full digital color and then desaturated down to near monochrome?
The almost-no-color scheme seems to be about visually blending with the famous black-and-white “scourged back” photo of Gordon, an escaped slave from Louisiana. Will Smith plays Peter, a character based upon Gordon.
