The Birth of a Nation (Official Thread)

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It won the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.

Sundance Film Festival Awards: 'Birth Of A Nation' Pulls Off Double Win, Gassy 'Swiss Army Man' Takes Directing Prize

Sundance Film Festival Awards: 'Birth Of A Nation' Pulls Off Double Win, Gassy 'Swiss Army Man' Takes Directing Prize

Nate Parker’s slave rebellion drama The Birth Of A Nation swept the Grand Jury and Audience Award prizes in the U.S. Dramatic competition Saturday night at the Sundance Film Festival awards. The ceremony wrapped the 10-day fest which was stamped for good by Parker’s debut feature film, which bowed to excitement midway through the annual indie gathering and soon after scored a fest-record $17.5 million rights deal with Fox Searchlight.[...]
 

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Oral History: Tupac’s Acting Career Told Through His Co-Stars and Producers (PT. 2) [PG.2]

Preston Holmes (producer of Juice): I was heading up Def Pictures for Russell Simmons, and we were in the final stages to put a deal together to develop movies specifically with and for Tupac. He wanted to do a black Western with all the coolest young Black actors of the time, a la Young Guns. He wanted to do a movie about Nat Turner’s slave rebellion. He felt like he had an obligation to use not just his talent but his celebrity to educate and to work towards progressive change in the world.

I'm def gonna see this in theaters. If done right it should be epic.
 
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