In the history of American cinema, D.W. Griffith’s 1915 landmark “The Birth of a Nation” is the gift that keeps on generating misgivings. Based on Thomas Dixon Jr.’s 1905 no… ...

Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” joins “Django Unchained,” “12 Years a Slave” and “Free State of Jones” in depicting American slavery as an unalloyed, soul-crushing evil. This is ...

The Birth of a Nation, an historical drama about Nat Turner’s slave rebellion, was the breakout release at Sundance back in January. The film’s galvanic spirit of radical black pride heated up ...

“BlacKkKlansman” is a reminder that culture can help find our moral footing again as a nation. One year later, Charlottesville is still a tipping point in America when it comes to race, says ...

"The Birth of a Nation," a likely-to-be incendiary new slavery-themed film, has broken the record for a Sundance Film Festival acquisition and been hailed by some critics as a potential "antidote ...

UPDATE: The Birth of a Nation set a new sales record Tuesday at the Sundance Film Festival, netting a $17.5 million distribution deal from Fox Searchlight. According to Variety and The Hollywood ...

While watching “Birth…” fantasizing was unnecessary. Though many of the scenes were hard to watch, there was some light to look forward to. After all, in a film about Nat Turner, you KNOW ...

Kyle Smith, New York Post: “‘The Birth of a Nation,’ titled with an ironic act of cinematic jiujitsu that recalls the 1915 white-supremacist blockbuster of the same name, is a marvel of ...

As a film, “The Birth of a Nation” is raw and ungainly, but it’s definitely alive. Its overall strategy is simple — to show what made Turner lead a murderous rampage and to justify it in ...