‘Birth Of A Nation’ about Nat Turner Slave Revolt Electrifies Sundance Crowd In World Premiere

[ORIGINAL NATION]

The Gullah wars and Black in Selma next.

 

[easy_b]

they need to do a movie about black wall street (Tulsa, OK)

 

[geechiedan]

A good explanation on why Nate Parker refused Nextflix and Byron Allen's bid of 20 million for less money with Fox Searchlight...

from the comment section:

MBJ • on Jan 26, 2016 8:33 am
Netflix deals do not have any upside/backend since there is no “box office” or home video/cable revenue that can be allocated on a picture-by-picture basis. This is the reason why Netflix has to pay license fees which are higher than others since they are essentially buying out the film’s producers and net profit participants from their potential upside. In this instance, because the movie cost less than $8mm to make, the deal with Searchlight recoups the film’s investors and puts all of the film’s participants into net profits while retaining some additional upside if the movie breaks out as a theatrical hit. Shows how little people really understand the industry.

Anonymous • on Jan 26, 2016 9:17 am
Another reason why Netflix is screwing artists by not publicly releasing individual titles viewing figures. And it looks like they just lost another important film because of their dipshit dot com-style model of NSA-intense data collection and secrecy.

 

[mexico]

^^^^

I hate Netflix's model. Love it as a consumer but it fucked Beasts of No Nation in so many ways. Glad Nate went with Searchlight.

 

[water]

bump

 

[Cross]

I know the content of the movie may not be suitable for children if he stayed true to the story but I think its important that I take my 10 y.o nephew to see this movie.

 

[Darth Furious]

Geechie your lazy bruh. I'll be damned if I wait on us or them as You call it to educated my younger family members and seeds. Its your responsibility as a parent, uncle, etc to teach Your own kids. What's next you waiting for a black owned toilet paper company to wipe your behind?

I understand it but in my view that's lazy waiting on us to make a movie to tell about our history. That's exactly why we as a whole never get anywhere. We want a feel good hip hop, gospel , Essence fest movement to energize us to get up off of our asses and be responsible for what goes on in our homes.

HUH??

Sometimes you say some real intelligent shit then sometimes it seems like youre a different person in there...

This is about the movement son.

Film and television are some of the most viable and explicit ways the world sees black people as a whole. Matter of fact, there are people in the world, in our own country that have gone a lifetime without ever even seeing a black person face to face. Ever. They only learn about us through what they see and on the flip some of us will never learn without having an image spark our imagination.

Edutainment as a tool.


oNE

 

[smoovejazz]

Mr. Geechiedan, my apologies. Excellent post above about John Horse!

 

[GAMETHEORY]

So blacks are expecting favours from KIKES (Jews)

 

[playahaitian]

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