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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| Language: | English |
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Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
2019-09-01
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| Series: | Transatlantica |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/12096 |
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