The Birth of a Nation (2016)

Review: The Birth of a Nation (2016)

Director: Nate Parker

Cast: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King, Jackie Earle Haley, Penelope Ann Miller,

Nate Parker
Nate Parker
Armie Hammer
Armie Hammer
Aja Naomi King
Aja Naomi King
Jackie Earle Haley
Jackie Earle Haley
Penelope Ann Miller
Penelope Ann Miller

Plot: Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia that results in a violent retaliation from whites.

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Recent miscellaneous viewing, part two

Recent miscellaneous viewing, part two

More random viewing: two obscure independent films from the BFI, Margaret Tait’s poetic Blue Black Permanent (1992) and Maurice Hatton’s gritty fake-umentary about the film business, Long Shot (1977); and three from Twilight Time […]

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