2025 Bel Air Pictures is a new film production company founded by actor Will Smith and producer James Lassiter. The company’s mission is to produce films that are both entertaining and socially relevant.
2025 Bel Air Pictures’ first film, Emancipation, is set to be released in 2022. The film tells the true story of Gordon, a slave who escaped from a plantation in Louisiana and joined the Union Army during the Civil War. Emancipation has been praised by critics for its powerful performances and its unflinching look at the horrors of slavery.
