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
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/12096
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