The BIRTH OF A NATION REVIEW 2016

This episode we review the controversial Movie by Nate Parker The Birth of a Nation.  Take from the racist movie also know as The Klansman birth of a nation in the early 1900's.  This movie  tells the story of Nat Turner is an enslaved Baptist preacher who lives on a Virginia plantation owned by Samuel Turner. With rumors of insurrection in the air, a cleric convinces Samuel that Nate should sermonize to other slaves, thereby quelling any notions of an uprising. As Nate witnesses the horrific treatment of his fellow man, he realizes that he can no longer just stand by and preach. On Aug. 21, 1831, Turner's quest for justice and freedom leads to a violent and historic rebellion in Southampton County