Slate’s culture writer Aisha Harris and chief political correspondent Jamelle Bouie discuss the very controversial awards season contender, Nate Parker’s the Birth of a Nation.
Check out what we mentioned:
-Aisha’s piece in Slate, “In the Birth of a Nation, Women Don’t Participate in Nat Turner’s Rebellion. History Tells Us Otherwise.”
-Former President George W. Bush at the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
-Good Morning America:Birth of a Nation Star Nate Parker Speaks Out
-The 2003 filmNat Turner: A Troublesome Property
For more Nate Parker rape allegation coverage we recommend:
-About Race podcast: Cold Empathy for Nate Parker with Roxane Gay
-Ebony: “Nate Parker on Campus Incident, Consent and Toxic Male Culture”
-Slate: “Nate Parker Seems Like He’s Had It With Talking About Rape”
Bonus: The 50 greatest movies by black directors.
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