Do you have a dog? Whether you bought your dog or not, do you consider it property or family? Do you teach your dog tricks? Obedience? Do you punish your dog? Chances are you treat your dog much better than slave owners treated their slaves. Soon will be the 400th anniversary of the beginning of the slave trade that supposedly ended in America after the Civil War in 1865.
The Birth of a Nation is a film that tells the story of Nat Turner and his leading of a slave rebellion in Hampton Va. He's portrayed as a hero instead of a savage terrorist, as many history books describe him. The Legacy of Nat Turner documentary which is included in the special features of the DVD & Blue Ray version of the film gives even more facts and insight about Nat Turner.
Nat Turner waited for a sign, which happened to be a solar eclipse, to start the attack on the county's slave owners. Ironically, there was a solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. August 12, 2017 was the Charlottesville Va. protest by various hate groups lead by Whites which resulted in the death of a counter protester. The protest was reportedly against the removal of Civil War relics and symbols from State government property including buildings. But was there a connection to the slave rebellion led by Nat Turner?
Blacks were either slaves or dead in the South during slavery. So if you were a slave would you kill your captors to be free? In the special features documentary, a White man who's ancestors barely escaped death by Nat Turner's forces, admits that if Whites were slaves they would similarly rebel. Should there be Confederate symbols on State government property? Should all known slave owners be removed? Should there be a Nat Turner have a statue? The Birth of a Nation film has outstanding acting performances, sets, period costumes, and music, but most of all the script is profoundly moving and effective in telling this historical drama.
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