Directed by: Nate Parker
Written by: Nate Parker & Jean McGianni Celestin
Starring: Nate Parker
Unlike the 1915 version, this film follows the slaves’ point
of view rather than their white masters.
Nate Parker, director, writer, and star of the film, did a
superb job. I definitely think this film
should be nominated for the Golden Globes and Academy Awards. If you don’t know, it shows the uprising of
slaves against their masters in an attempt to become free. The preacher Nat Turner, leads them after
witnessing various events that persuade him that they way they are living is
not how they are meant to be.
It’s interesting to see the 101 years difference between the
original and the remake. The differences
including point of view, perspective, director, the technicalities, etc… If
you’re interested, you can watch the original on YouTube. It’s about 3 hours long.
Anyway, I liked how it showed the gruesomeness that you
don’t usually see it movies like this.
In others, there aren’t close ups of the slaves’ expressions even if
it’s from their point of view. Parker
was able to provide more emotion than others.
Despite this praise, there needed to be more of a balance
between Nat’s personal life and the war he was fighting. I understand that Parker was trying to
incorporate both, but it seemed that towards the end, his personal life was
pushed aside. There were barely any more
scenes of him and his family. I also
would have liked to know what happened to the other slaves that were with him
as well as Sam’s mother.
Nevertheless it was good.
4 popcorns.
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