Tag: the birth of a nation

One of the most anticipated black movies has finally been released. Today I saw the Nat Turner bio,The Birth of a Nation and I must say, I feel like this a movie that all black people should see.

This movie was spectacular, the acting was great, they story was phenomenal. It is definitely a story that will make you think, make you angry,  cry and to be honest occasionally chuckle. Nate Parker as Nat Turner did an excellent job portraying him and it is a performance that I will never forget.

With any movie about slaves, seeing my people getting abused mistreated and murdered for no reason at all definitely made me angry, and I hated watching it but I feel it is definitely a dark piece of history that needs to be discussed. Also with me being of Christian faith I also glad how they exposed slave masters using only certain bible verses to keep slaves in bondage and to keep them in line. It was when Nat Turner actually read all of the bible that he learned the full truth.

The scenes of Nat Turner and his rebellion group killing and battling former slave masters was jaw dropping also from the first kill all the way to when they were ambushed and trapped. I won’t delve into the ending too much since most of us know it wasn’t a happy one but I will say this, if you’re going to spend your money on anything this weekend, spend it on this movie. You won’t regret it.

In my regards to the Nate Parker rape allegations, I see it as a ploy to get people to boycott a movie that shows black people with a backbone and standing up for themselves. Unfortunately many of us have fallen for it.

All in all I rate this movie 10 out of 10, if I did not see this movie i know that I was going to regret it later on. Please see this movie it’s definitely a game changer.