pickI needed a quick read & this ebook was available. It's a movie tie-in, & I'm now super interested to see the film about the Nat Turner Rebellion, the biggest slave revolt that took place in 1831 Virginia. It has great essays on African symbols & trad, history of the uprising & its modern significance, analysis of the movie, & cast interviews that explore this often ignored piece of US history in a very accessible format. Anyone seen the film? 📽🎞
Vinjii Haven't seen the film but looks interesting 👍 7y
ChasingOm I watched the film in college -- it's excellent. 7y
Suet624 Russell Banks wrote a great book about Turner and that period of time.![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
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Foxyfictionista I was really on board with Nate Parker until his past as a rapist came to light. We are letting so many men in Hollywood get away with problematic behaviour because of their work. I see his work and the important conversations it's starting but then I think of the poor woman who committed suicide over him and I can't help but wonder how she must have felt. 7y
Notafraidofwords @Foxyfictionista this ☝️ : I refuse to see it. 7y
Arbol ☝🏼same: I had been waiting for this movie to come out for over a year but then the history of Parker and his writing partner eclipsed everything. Read a lot of opinions about whether or not to see it and ended up deciding not to. After reading a lot of critiques of the film that analyze both Parker and his work I feel this was the right choice. https://www.thenation.com/article/the-birth-of-a-nation-is-an-epic-fail/ 7y
BookishFeminist @Foxyfictionista @Notafraidofwords @Arbol ? hell no. You had me at "he's a rapist" and I know I won't be supporting him or his film and will do everything to discourage others from doing it now. Thanks, gang. I hadn't heard any of this at all. Glad i only read this book & didn't pay a dime for it. 7y
BookishFeminist @Suet624 That's been on my list! I'm interested in it a lot. 7y
BookishFeminist @ChasingOm Is it the same film? This film has the same name of a propagandist film from a while ago & this movie takes the same name of it intentionally. This film just came out in October. (But I don't recommend seeing it now from others' comments above that show the director is implicated in rape, which is a no-go for me.) 7y
BookishFeminist @Vinjii It looks interesting, yes! But now I'm not seeing it since Litsy folks just informed me the director is implicated in rape, and no thanks I won't support him or his work after that. 7y
ChasingOm The one I watched was black and white -- I didn't realize a new one came out recently. 7y
Arbol @ChasingOm yeah that's the 1915 racist propaganda film. It is frequently looked to because it is thought to have first used many film-making techniques that helped develop the medium and influenced generations of filmmakers. Parker named his BoN as a reclamation and empowerment. 7y
Notafraidofwords https://www.google.com/amp/mobile.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/opinion/sunday/nate-par... 7y
Notafraidofwords Gay wrote a great piece : ☝️️. It helped me with coming up with a conclusion to not support this movie albeit how important the story is to history. 7y
BookishFeminist @ChasingOm Yea that's the propaganda film- I've heard it's good but it's also *horribly* racist & was intentionally made that way. The history behind it is quite interesting and eye-opening. Hadn't heard of the first film until reading about this current one that was intentionally named after it to overwrite the former's white supremacist propaganda. Hope it doesn't ruin it for you but always interesting to have historical perspective! 7y
BookishFeminist @Notafraidofwords Oh thanks for that- I'll check it out. TBH I don't support the work of those who have committed domestic violence or race *full stop.* There have to be some major reparations in place and reformation of the person for me to consider it. Johnny Depp is sadly on my list of ppl I won't see or financially support for this reason too. 7y
Notafraidofwords @BookishFeminist completely agree. I'm much better at it now than when I was in high school. I believe in putting your money where your mouth is. 7y
BookishFeminist @Notafraidofwords Yep exactly. Every rare once in a while I'll intentionally watch something that's problematic for the lessons in that but will not financially support it. It's hard sometimes especially when one of your favorites does shitty stuff! 7y
Notafraidofwords @BookishFeminist exactly! However, a friend of mine once told me that it's okay to be critical of the people we admire. For example, I love R. Gay but disagree about trigger warnings and stuff. 7y
BookishFeminist @Notafraidofwords Oh, completely. I don't put anyone on a pedestal TBH. I support a lot of people but reserve the right to criticize them. (Great example of this for me is Hillary Clinton & most politicians TBH.) But I do draw the line at some things and will no longer support them, including domestic and sexual violence unless the person has made some serious reparative actions beyond simple remorse. 7y
Notafraidofwords @BookishFeminist yeah exactly. In agreement there. 7y
TheNextBook I wanted to see this movie so bad and I've got nothing. I don't support Mel Gibson because he's a bigot. I don't support Clint Eastwood because, I just cant. It's very easy for me to put my money back in my pocket. That's looking at Hobby Lobby, Paypal, Chick-fil-A and many others too. 7y
BookishFeminist @TheNextBook Yep my thoughts exactly. I just put it right back. I don't support any of those ppl or businesses either anymore. And you know what, I don't really miss them. Do shit, get hit financially. 7y