The Birth of a Nation
The Untold Story of Nat Turner
The Untold Story of Nat Turner
Drama
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2016
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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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Rated:
R
Runtime:
120 min
Release date:
9 Sep 2016
Country:
CA, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$8,500,000
Revenue:
$15,861,566
Awards:
5 wins & 32 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Parker's film is at its best when he presents his harrowing story straightforwardly.
– Christopher Orr,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct 2016
rotten:
A seriously damaged and inadequate movie ... its defects reveal traits of character-arrogance, vanity, and self-importance-that exert an unfortunately strong influence on Parker's directorial choices.
– Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 Oct 2016
fresh:
If you forgive him enough to see it, The Birth of a Nation offers a troubling tangle of the personal and historical. But above all else it's commercial, an entertainment of purpose and some power.
– Alan Scherstuhl,
Village Voice,
7 Oct 2016
fresh:
The Birth of a Nation is a flawed but fairly compelling chapter of the American story that powerfully resonates with how that story is playing out today.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
7 Oct 2016
rotten:
The highly charged arena into which this film about America's bloodiest slave revolt arrives gives it a cachet that, in artistic if not sociological terms, it does not really merit.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
7 Oct 2016