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Release Date: 10/08/2016

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This week Dylan Schuck (@schuckster) and Chris Hartwell (@ChrisHartwell) sit down to talk about THE BIRTH OF A NATION

 

As always, featured reviews are done in two parts, a NON-SPOILER review with letter grade and breif discussion, followed by a more in depth SPOILER review.

 

PLOT SUMMARY:

Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.

 

WEEKLY TOP FIVE:

Films of 1995

 

TIME STAMPS:

00:00 - Intro

06:40 - What We Watched Recently

39:00 - Top 5 Films of 1995

1:02:20 - Featured Review: The Birth of a Nation

01:21:20 - Spoilers: The Birth of a Nation

 

 

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