by Samuel L. Leiter A headline in the Times (October 3) notes: "For 'Birth of a Nation,' Goal Is to Inspire, Not Incite," pointing to the political implications of the soon-to-open movie about the 1831 slave rebellion led in Southhampton County, Virginia, by Nat Turner. That historical figure"perhaps most familiar from William Styron's Pulitzer Prize-winning, […]
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:08AM on October 5, 2016