Whispers lead toward a corner where we find SEVERAL SHADOWED FIGURES crouched in the darkness. BARN/SLAVE CHURCH - DAY 6 Sunlight cuts through crooked slats, casting golden lines across the dirt floor.
As divine exaltation fills the surrounding blur, weCUT TO BLACK SUPER: BASED ON A TRUE STORY 6 INT. We PUSH IN on Nat as he struggles to digest the magnitude of his words. He was born to be a prophet.) At the word PROPHET, the surrounding Elders’ bodies arch and rock, the intensity of their prayers growing to fever pitch. EZEKIEL (CONT’D) (Wisdom.) (the second bump) (Courage.) (the third) (Vision.) (a long beat) (This boy holds the Holy marks of our ancestors past. It was there they were given their assignments in the tribeassignments that would last a lifetime.) He points to the first bump on the Nat’s chest. Children bearing marks were presented before counsel. A man’s position was left to the signs of the maker. EZEKIEL (CONT’D) (In the time of our ancestors, the cycle of our people lay in the hands of the children. Ezekiel points a thin finger to the boy’s sternum. The Elders nudge in, the mouthing of passionate prayer never * ceasing. Ezekiel inspects Nat’s arms and back before arriving to his chest. * EZEKIEL (Remove his garb.) 5/8/15 - PINK 2 3 CONTINUED: 3 (CONTINUED) Nat looks terrified as Nancy removes his shirt. Ezekiel speaks in his Native Ghanaian tongue. As if sensing their arrival, his eyes open. Among the elders, we find EZEKIEL (90’s). DISMAL SWAMP - CLEARING - NIGHT 5 Nancy and Nat step into the clearing to find a group of ELDERLY AFRICANS huddled around a humble fire in fervent prayer. Nancy releases her grip, pulls him into a hug.
rememberNat winces against her grip, terrified. NANCY (CONT’D) You tell me who told you that right now, ‘fo I tan your hide! YOUNG NAT Nobody, mama. She rushes to him, grabs him hard by the arm. The cabin door opens to reveal NANCY TURNER (20’s). (he giggles) Say they ain’t seen master all day. They went on back and didn't never say nothing on it. 4/9/15 - WHITE 1 (CONTINUED) SLAVE CHILD They got lynched? YOUNG NAT Naw. One of the other slave children, YOUNG HARK (10) pipes up.
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An UNKNOWN POV watches from outside the cracked cabin door. YOUNG NAT Then they dug a hole, roll him in it and walked on back. The smallest, YOUNG NAT TURNER (9) continues as the two others listen rapt. They wear long TOW SHIRTS that reach to their knees. SLAVE QUARTERS - NANA’S CABIN - (NIGHT) 3 Three SLAVE CHILDREN sit together under candle light.
CHILD’S VOICE (V.O.) He took a big ol’ stick and hit that white man all about his head with it. She pulls a YOUNG BOY alongside her- both of whom’s features we cannot yet clearly see. CLOSER to reveal the shadowed features of an African WOMAN. CHILD’S VOICE (V.O.) But he ain’t know that another man, big like my daddy was behind him. Through the boscage, two shrouded figures emerge, pacing stealthily through the brush. Catched her an’ throwed her to the ground. CHILD’S VOICE (V.O.) But the white man, he catched her. DISMAL SWAMP - NIGHT 2 Moonlight sifts through the tall pines, illuminating the fogblanketed marsh. Thomas Jefferson, 1785 CHILD’S VOICE (V.O.) My mama, she was runnin’. THE BIRTH OF A NATION Screenplay by Nate Parker 1 BLACK, THEN- 1 Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever.
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