Review of The Birth of a Nation (2016) by Viaje — 08 Dec 2016

Here's yet another "propaganda" film to remind people, especially Black people, they were and remain **** The screenplay, acting, direction, editing and all other artistic aspects of "The Birth of a Nation" embrace the mediocrity of predictable "Hollywood" filmmaking.

QUESTION: Do films like "The Birth of a Nation" or "12 Years A Slave" or "Glory" (1989) or "Amistad" (1997) really function as entertainment, or education, or both?

RESPONSE: Looking at the big picture, it doesn't matter, because ultimately the purpose of these films is to make money. Just over a decade ago, the U.S. entertainment industry was the second largest export industry following the aerospace industry (Source: Sandrine Cahn & Daniel Schmimmel, The Cultural Exception). Even today, nearly sixty-(60) percent of film revenue is from foreign countries. Clearly, by exporting films like "12 Years A Slave," White people relish the opportunity to repeatedly tell the whole world how the U.S. successfully controlled and managed its **** and guess what, White people are still doing it! The plantation system evolved to become the reservation system for Native Americans. Adolf Hitler learned from it, and along with other tactics employed by advocates of eugenics, he eliminated six-(6) million Jews, which is only a drop in the ocean when compared to the tens of millions of Blacks/Africans that died directly as a result of slavery during the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

QUESTION: After being educated about the horrors and impact of slavery through **** slave films, have White people demonstrated any significant change in their dealing with Black people to prompt social change?

RESPONSE: HELL, NO! There are more Black men in prision now than the total number of Black men held captive during slavery! Source: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander. White Americans make up only 64% of the U.S. population, but possess 90% of all wealth. For every dollar in assets owned by Whites in the United States, Blacks own less than a nickel, a racial divide that is wider than South Africa’s at any point during the apartheid era. Source: Matt Bruenig of Demos.

Like the overwhelming majority of theatrical films featuring Black people in leading roles, "The Birth of a Nation" is NOT entertainment, nor is it educational. It's just another **** film paying homage to slavery, oppression, discrimination, and especially White privilege, and these films have absolutely no artistic and educational value. These **** films embolden White privilege and change nothing. Albert Einstein said it so clearly, “Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”.

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