Review of The Birth of a Nation (2016) by Moviemitch96 — 10 Oct 2016

Ignore all of the hate reviews. I guarantee more than half of them are from people who haven't even seen the film and are just giving it bad scores and reviews as a way of boycotting it in response to director/star Nate Parker's rape controversy surrounding the film.

People should be judging this film based on the film itself like I'm about to. All that aside, I'd say that this was actually a pretty solid film that did great work at bringing Nat Turner's slave rebellion to glorious life.

The acting was fine and the cinematography was often times beautiful. Overall, while it may not bring anything new to the table in terms of period films, it's still an unflinching look at an infamous and significant moment in history.