The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker, 2016): The Tale of Nat Turner’s Rebellion

This essay examines the memories of slavery shaped by Nate Parker in The Birth of a Nation. It shows how Parker uses the biopic as a narrative frame to turn the slave rebel into a hero and analyzes the impact of the visuals over the construction of a historically controversial figure. Parker, the es...

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Main Author:	Delphine Letort
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2019-09-01
Series:	Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
Subjects:	The Birth of a Nation Nate Parker Nat Turner slavery race rebellion
Online Access:	http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/12096

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The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker, 2016): The Tale of Nat Turner’s Rebellion

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