Joey McFarland attends the premiere of Apple Original Film's historical action film "Emancipation" at the Regency Village Theatre in the Westwood section of Los Angeles on Wednesday, November 30, 2022. Storyline: After being whipped nearly to death, an enslaved man named Peter escapes from a Louisiana plantation, outwitting cold-blooded hunters, as he makes his way North, where he joins the Union Army. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI