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Emperor

2020 · 99 min · Director: Mark Amin ★ IMDb 6 · 1,764 ratings

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An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green.

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Emperor (2020) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 32%, Sadness 25%, Inspiration 18%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Hope15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Inspiration. Genres: Drama, History, Biography. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Inspiration. Its IMDb rating of 6.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 63/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Hope

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Empathy
Hope
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then peaks around 73 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathyHope
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension58 %52 %37 %33 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Empathy57 %49 %44 %16 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Tension68 %54 %59 %14 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Empathy79 %64 %71 %25 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Tension81 %74 %69 %20 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Tension74 %65 %60 %23 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Empathy70 %45 %65 %34 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Sadness74 %45 %68 %28 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Tension74 %61 %50 %23 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Tension76 %72 %43 %24 %
52.5 %≈ 52′Tension78 %74 %53 %25 %
57.5 %≈ 57′Tension70 %68 %51 %38 %
62.5 %≈ 62′Hope69 %55 %53 %54 %
67.5 %≈ 67′Empathy78 %54 %61 %56 %
72.5 %≈ 72′Tension84 %73 %59 %40 %
77.5 %≈ 77′Tension83 %83 %55 %21 %
82.5 %≈ 82′Tension81 %66 %57 %31 %
87.5 %≈ 87′Relief79 %34 %60 %59 %
92.5 %≈ 92′Hope70 %10 %55 %67 %
97.5 %≈ 97′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Rags to riches

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Dayo Okeniyi

Shields Green

Bruce Dern

Levi Coffin

Kat Graham

Delores

BR
Ben Robson

Luke McCabe

NN
Naturi Naughton

Sarah Green

Paul Scheer

Duvane Henderson

KJ
Keean Johnson

Rufus Kelly

M.C. Gainey

Randolph Stevens

Harry Lennix

Frederick Douglas

NL
Nicholas Logan

Gunther Bowman

BC
Brad Carter

Grady

TM
Trayce Malachi

Tommy

DS
Dorothy Steel

Slave

PR
Patrick Roper

Hank Beaumont

Details

Directed by
Mark Amin
Written by
Mark Amin, Pat Charles
Type
Movies
Released
2020
Runtime
99 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6 · 1,764 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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