Not bad for Nate Parkers first written, produced and directed film. This film had good and bad reviews, by word of mouth that is. People were saying they are tired of slave movies and others were finally happy to see slaves rising up and fighting back, seeing as a lot of slaves in those days did fight back. I personally enjoyed the change of story. Nate Parker plays Nat Turner, a slave who was taught to read and becomes a Preacher for other slaves. Turner is taken on a trip to preach to other slaves for profit for his "master" and during this time he is beginning to see how brutally mistreated they are and begins to lead a rebellion. Unfortunately as things start to look hopeful they go South real quick and this is where I start to lose hope in the movie. Although this movie was based on a True Story, I couldn't help but want them to succeed in the battlefield and escape into the forest free slaves. But I guess that was too good to be true.
Review of The Birth of a Nation
