The Birth of a Nation : Nat Turner and the making of the movement / edited by Nate Parker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parker, Nate, 1979- editor.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birth of a nation (Motion picture : 2016).

Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831.

Turner, Nat.

Nat Turner's Rebellion, Virginia, 1831.

Slave rebellions--United States--History.

Slave rebellions.

History.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Movie novels.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 183 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm

Edition:

First 37 Ink/Atria books hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : 37 Ink/Atria, 2016.

Contents:

Part I. The Birth of a Movement. My journey with Nat Turner / by Nate Parker

Part II. A History of Resistance. The unbroken chain of enslaved African resistance and rebellion / by Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Daina Ramey Berry. An illustrated time line of American slave revolts / by Ruramai Musekiwa. An illustrated time line of the life of Nat Turner / by Ruramai Musekiwa

Part III. Further Exploring the Narrative. Slavery and (in)justice during the Nat Turner Rebellion: history and legacy of the "rule of law" in America / by Alfred L. Brophy. Nat Turner at the crossroads: African iconography and cosmologies in the Birth of a nation / by Kelley Fanto Deetz

Part IV. The Film. The crew reflects / edited by Dominic Patten. Commentary from the cast / edited by Briana Rodriguez. Principal Photography

Part V. Nat Turner Matters. Why Nat Turner matters: the importance of history in contemporary consciousness / by Brian Favors, M.Ed., and Lurie Daniel Favors, Esq.

Notes:

"The Official Movie Tie-In"--Cover.

"First 37 Ink/Atria Books hardcover edition September 2016."

"Interior design by Jason Snyder."

Burgundy leatherette spine stamped in gold with paper covered boards. Illustrated lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

9781501156588

1501156586

OCLC:

958876566