Review of The Birth of a Nation (2016) by Alistair Harkness for Scotsman — 08 Dec 2016
Parker's decision to use the tropes of the Hollywood historical epic is a political statement in itself, one made more pointed by the title's bold repudiation of DW Griffith's cinematically ground-breaking, horrifyingly racist 1915 epic of the same name.
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This review of The Birth of a Nation (2016) was written by Alistair Harkness and published by Scotsman on 08 Dec 2016.
The Birth of a Nation has generally received positive reviews.
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