Today, the Kicking the Seat Podcast looks at Nate Parker's controversial new film, The Birth of a Nation. Emmanuel Noisette of Eman's Movie Reviews returns to the show to discuss the would-be Awards Season darling; its relevance in the American race-relations landscape; and whether Parker and co-writer Jean Celestin's involvement with a 1999 Penn State rape has fairly or unfairly overshadowed the film's release.
Also, Ian speaks a bit about truth, perception, and guilt in the current political and artistic climate, and points listeners to a variety of media sources covering similar issues:
Anderson Cooper's 10/2 60 Minutes profile of and interview with Nate Parker
Erik Childress' Movie Madness Podcast #24, featuring a very different kind of Birth of a Nation discussion
Eman's review of the film and a separate piece on how different audiences reacted at the two screenings he attended
The Kicking the Seat written review
Episode 158 is by no means meant to be the definitive podcast about The Birth of a Nation. Rather, it is a component of a wide and varied conversational tapestry, born out of two very real and very relevant tragedies.
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