Review of The Birth of a Nation (2016) by Tropicaces — 06 Oct 2016

It's very well acted and knows its messages are important, but its direction is heavy-handed and it can't figure out *why* it matters. Parker is a talented actor and displays it here, changing his emotion from scared and tearful to angry on the drop of a hat.

But he gets in his own way, creating contrived dream sequences that come off as awkward and never puts us in Nat Turner's evolving mindset. A nice effort, especially as a directorial debut, but you know what they say about the road to hell.

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