Sentences with phrase «slave rebellion led»

So far (I'm about two - thirds finished), the major event in the novel has been the Haitian slave rebellion led by Toussaint Louverture at the turn of the 18th century.

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Birth of a Nation tells the story of Nat Turner, a slave and Christian preacher who led a rebellion in 1831.

The film tells the true story of slave and preacher Nat Turner, who led a slave rebellion in 1831.

The story of Nat Turner, who led a rebellion of slaves and free black men in 1831, the film stars Nate Parker (who also directed and co-wrote the film), Gabrielle Union and Jackie Earle Haley.

Produced, Written, and Directed by Nate Parker, the film tells the story about Nat Turner, a slave who led a rebellion in 1831 Virginia.

With a screenplay by blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo, Spartacus tells the story of a slave trained to kill in the arena who leads other slaves in rebellion.

Nat Turner, who led an aborted rebellion against his slave owners in 1831, is the subject of a Pulitzer prize - winning novel by William Styron, «The Confessions of Nat Turner.»

The Birth Of A Nation — Just one day short of a year ago, the pic starring and directed by Nate Parker about the 1831 Nat Turner - led slave rebellion debuted at Sundance and was garlanded with Oscar hopes.

The film — directed and written by Nate Parker, who also stars in the lead role — focuses on the story of Turner, the Virginia slave who led a rebellion against slave owners in 1831.

«The Birth of a Nation» is the true - life story of Nat Turner (played by Parker), best known for leading the most successful slave rebellion in U.S. history.

Nate Parker wrote, directed and stars in «The Birth of a Nation» as Nat Turner, who led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia in 1831.

It tells the true story of a white farmer who led a rebellion against the confederacy with the help of other farmers and local slaves.

Other times the societies he fought against destroyed him: the vengeful Detective Jim McLeod getting shot by a perp whose life he ruined in William Wyler's Detective Story (1951); Colonel Dax being sent back to the front by the World War One military brass he dared to defy in Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory (1957); Spartacus getting crucified for leading a slave rebellion in Kubrick's Spartacus (1960).

WHAT: After witnessing his young nephew killed while fighting on the front line of the Civil War, army medic Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey) returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters and runaway slaves in a rebellion against the local Confederate Army.

This is a biopic of Nat Turner, a slave who led a rebellion in 1830s Virginia, and is the feature debut of actor - turned - writer - director Nate Parker.