Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation: classical Hollywood cinema or independent rebellion?

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dc.contributor.authorSchroeter, Caroline V.
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-08T11:21:13Z
dc.date.available2018-05-08T11:21:13Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe depiction of racial minorities such as African Americans has changed over the last decades and the film industry is experiencing a period of transition towards new images of black identity. In this context, my article explores the complexities of Nate Parker’s cinematic slave narrative The Birth of a Nation (2016). Parker’s choices are constantly guided by reimagining, revising, and reclaiming the (hi)story and the representation of African Americans. I argue that, although Parker attempts to set his film up as an oppositional force to D. W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation (1915), his employment of a style that is heavily reliant on the conventions of classical narrative storytelling makes such aspirations problematic. This article demonstrates Parker’s use of classical features and considers whether he subverts the dominant mode by creating an independent black film, or whether his message is weakened by his reliance on (white) industry standards.en
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dc.identifier.citationSchroeter, C. V. (2017) 'Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation: classical Hollywood cinema or independent rebellion?', Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 13, pp. 135-155. https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.13.08en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.13.08
dc.identifier.endpage155
dc.identifier.issn2009-4078
dc.identifier.issued13
dc.identifier.journalabbrevAlphaville
dc.identifier.journaltitleAlphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Mediaen
dc.identifier.startpage135
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/6033
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherFilm and Screen Media, University College Corken
dc.relation.urihttp://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue13/13_8Article_Schroeter.pdf
dc.rights© 2017, The Author(s)en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectRacial minoritiesen
dc.subjectAfrican Americanen
dc.subjectBlack identityen
dc.subjectSlave narrativeen
dc.subjectClassical narrative storytellingen
dc.subjectHistoryen
dc.subjectRepresentationen
dc.subjectReclaimingen
dc.subjectD. W. Griffithen
dc.subjectWhite industryen
dc.subjectBlack filmen
dc.titleNate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation: classical Hollywood cinema or independent rebellion?en
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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