National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Birth of a Nation
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.6/10 for The Birth of a Nation). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h . National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2016). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Birth of a Nation| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Birth of a Nation | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Nate Parker |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Mark Boone Junior, Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jeryl Prescott, Aja Naomi King |
Synopsis
National Theatre Live: Antigone
In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…
The Birth of a Nation
Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia that results in a violent retaliation from whites.
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