'The Birth of a Nation' Takes Sundance by Storm | Sojourners

'The Birth of a Nation' Takes Sundance by Storm

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Reserve the hashtag #Oscarssoblack for next year’s awards. That’s because if viewer response is any indication, “The Birth of a Nation,” an independent biopic about a black slave, preacher, and rebel-leader, seems destined for Academy Award nominations in 2017.

 

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