The Birth of a Nation (2016 Movie)
The Birth of a Nation is an American drama that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2016.
Cast: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Gabrielle Union, Jackie Earle Haley, Penelope Ann Miller & Aja Naomi King.
Music by Henry Jackman.
Trailer Song: Nina Simone – Strange Fruit
Lyrics
Southern trees
Bear strange fruit
Blood on the leaves
And blood at the roots
Black bodies
Swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hangin’
From the poplar trees
Pastoral scene
Of the gallant south
Them big bulging eyes
And the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolia
Clean and fresh
Then the sudden smell
Of burnin’ flesh
Here is a fruit
For the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather
For the wind to suck
For the sun to rot
For the leaves to drop
Here is
Strange and bitter crop
