birth of a nation

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• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  6/21/19
  

  Bowling Green State Removed Lillian Gish's Name from Their Theatre Over Her Role in Birth of a Nation. Why Do Some Want the Name Restored?

  A who's who of film -- James Earl Jones, Helen Mirren, Martin Scorsese, among others -- want the name restored.

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• SOURCE: Inside Higher Education
  4/24/19
  

  Taking Down ‘Birth of a Nation’

  Chapman University removes posters from prominent places in its film school after students object to centrality of a work full of racism.

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• 10-12-16
  

  Why Audiences Must See Nate Parker’s "Birth of a Nation," Despite the Controversy

  by Alyssa Sepinwall

  Audiences should see "Birth" – and then debate its strengths and weaknesses. Otherwise, we are unlikely to get better films on slavery.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  10-2-16
  

  Tricky Goal for ‘Birth of a Nation’: Inspire but Don’t Incite

  Fox Searchlight has aimed a grass-roots campaign at churches, schools and pockets of political influence to ease the provocative film into communities on edge.

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• 7-3-15
  

  The 100th Anniversary Funeral for "The Birth of a Nation"

  by Bruce Chadwick

  Just about everything presented in Birth was historically wrong. Americans love it. What does that tell you?