The Birth of a Nation, Nate Parker’s transporting historical drama about Nat Turner’s 1831 slave rebellion, won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize as well as the Audience Award last night at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival closing awards ceremony. Josh Kriegman and Elye Sternberg’s ...
Nate Parker‘s “The Birth of a Nation,” a retelling of the 1831 slave rebellion led by Nat Turner, could not be more timely. The rise of Donald Trump and the more blatant expression of racist attitudes that his candidacy has emboldened; the outcry over police brutality and the formation...
Part of the reasonThe Birth of a Nationdoes not achieve its usurping reclamation of its title is because of the production’s budgetary constraints. Shooting on a shoestring budget, Parker barely had the time or money in his month-long schedule to get enough epic-sized coverage, leaving editor...
Sept. 30, 2016 The film glorified the Ku Klux Klan, which led to the revitalization of the hate group and roused prejudices that echo today. (Hulton Archives / Getty Images) D .W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation” plays as a strange and troubling artifact, a grainy, flickering...
, fox searchlight held a press conference on sunday at the toronto film festival during which the filmmaker attempted to steer the media narrative away from his personal life and back to his film, the birth of a nation . “i’ve addressed [the allegation], and i’m sure in fu...
A short documentary about the making of D. W. Griffith's controversial 1915 film 'The Birth of a Nation'. Director Robert G. Beecher Writer Russell Merritt (written by) Producer David Shepard See all filmmakers & crew (3) Trending Become a member to see MOVIEmeter and news ...
After graduating, Ashley wasted no time making the permanent move to Los Angeles. She quickly landed her first lead role under the direction of horror iconLuca Bercoviciin the filmDr. Chopper (2005), which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and has since become a modern cult classic w...
at the Toronto International Film Festival,Nate Parkerand the cast of his Nat Turner slave revolt drama “The Birth of a Nation” argued passionately for focusing on their film and not on the years-old rape allegation against Parker that has enveloped the film in a scandal from ...
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