Although, Maya Lord, the book the film will be based on, is actually a fictionalized version of the real events, so it’s hard to say how historical the movie will actually be.
Stonewall might actually be the closest comparison to Maya Lord, as it is based on historical events.
While Roland Emmerich is best known for epic disaster movies, he has directed his own share of dramatic films, including Stonewall, Anonymous, and The Patriot.
Anonymous dealt with the historical conspiracy theory that William Shakespeare didn’t actually write the plays attributed to him.