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Well Cynique if I had my way companies would not have the ability to make profits by enslaving Black people. It is not clear to my why folks are so willing to over look this thing. Just because our sensibilities are not offended with the sight of negroes in picking cotton does not make the situation any less cruel. Walmart can make money without taking advantage of enslaving people. @Cynique, you should try to catch Ava DuVernay's Documentary ‘The 13th.’ I have not seen it yet, but I heard that they talk about Walmart taking advantage of slave labor right here in the United States. And as far as fashion you definitely got me wrong on that point. I never was into brand names. Besides today, I don't have the income to waste on over priced brand-name clothing. I go for function and price over brand names. I only buy clothing when something wears out, and my clothing takes a long time to wear out. So I don't buy new clothes very often. Remember, I sell African American literature ;-)

Deep thanks for sharing that article @Mel Hopkins. @Pioneer1 I suspect based upon your statements that you have not read the article that Mel linked to. Please read it when you get sec, then let me know if you still don't care about the historical accuracy of the film.

This is the message bouncing around the black women "Enough is enough" social media echo chamber. A faction of black women will not support the movie : because 1- rape charges (no conviction/allegedly no remorse for passing around a woman for sex) 2- black women have no agency in the film and are used as props to support the "black macho male" narrative. https://www.thenation.com/article/the-birth-of-a-nation-is-an-epic-fail/ The latter isn't sitting well with Dr. Leslie M. Alexander who wrote the article I linked here. Her bio reads: professor in the Department of African American and African Studies at The Ohio State University, where she specializes in 19th century Black culture and political consciousness. She teaches courses on slavery, resistance movements, and historical accuracy in film. Historians such as Professor Alexander mentioned black women, especially, Nat Turner's mom played a role in waging war against slavery to the point where she attempted to kill Nat to prevent enslavement. Unfortunately women are silent in the film (literally in the portrayal of Nat Turner's wife). Further some say Nat Turner had a "spiritual awakening" so to speak and refused to participate in the system. A holy ghost moment when someone finally stands up to the moral injustice is a powerful motif. Aside, I think that would have been a better inciting moment anyway, especially with black people claiming "stay woke" status today. Who knows, maybe this whole film is Nate Parker and Jean Celestin's $10 million attempt at absolution and we're just along for the ride. Still, I don't pay to watch slave movies so I can't claim to boycott. After the reviews, however, I have no desire to see it anyway.

Man that is terrible story. I wonder why they were never charged. It could have been just a troubled young lady... but then again from the little I've heard. I've never heard Nate deny anything, even in the Interview, I just published with him all this was all he could manage to say in response to the question, What do you have to say about the incident? “I’ll say this. I’m 36 years-old, and my life has been a series of obstacles, a series of educating moments. As I said before, I’m trying to come as close to my faith as possible, and I see this journey as just that, a journey. I set out to make this film because I felt like it was written in my heart. And any obstacle that has come before or will come after I will have to deal with accordingly, with my faith. My hope is that people will see this film for what it is, and I also hope they will be able to see a bit of my heart and of what I’m striving to do with this film.”—Nate Parker