That chatter has definitely ramped up since Tyler Perry's latest Madea movie, Boo, surpassed the opening week numbers for Birth of a Nation. (khalilahskloset.com)
Best Actor So far, probably Casey Affleck in Manchester by the Sea and Nate Parker in Birth of a Nation have the strongest Best Actor buzz heading in, and I would love to add Michael Shannon from Midnight Special to this list (along with Kirsten Dunst and Joel Edgerton). (awardsdaily.com)
Written by Anita Loos based on a story by Bret Harte and directed by Alan Dawn, The Half - Breed was made around the time of Birth of a Nation, a film that portrayed the Ku Klux Klan as the saviors of the South and proliferated negative stereotypes of blacks during the Reconstruction Era. (nextprojection.com)