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The Birth of a Nation (2016)

The Birth of a Nation (2016)

2016 R 120 Minutes

Drama

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

Overall Rating

5 / 10
Verdict: So-So
  • seththecinefile

    seththecinefile

    7 / 10
    This is a movie that I've wanted to see since Sundance, with all the buzz and a story that most people never have heard of before. I walked out of this one thinking it was a good, not great film, and it could have been so much better. To start off... Read the full review »
  • thegeniuslizard

    thegeniuslizard

    5 / 10
    In "The Birth of a Nation," Nate Parker plays the real-life figure Nat Turner, an enslaved African American who led the deadliest uprising of slaves and free blacks in Virginia, before the Civil war. It's an ambitious directorial debut of Parker,... Read the full review »
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