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ImperialAerosolKidFromEP · 51-55, M
Birth of a Nation
bijouxbroussard · F
@ImperialAerosolKidFromEP We were forced to watch that in school. The lay teacher leading the class thought it was “a classic” and Griffith was a “pioneer”. 🙄
ImperialAerosolKidFromEP · 51-55, M
@bijouxbroussard That must have been difficult. You didn't have the chance to opt-out? I heard disturbing things about Polanski's Macbeth and was allowed to skip it
bijouxbroussard · F
@ImperialAerosolKidFromEP Not back then. I doubt anyone would dare show it in classes now, but back then “teachers knew best”. My mother said if she’d known they were going to show it she’d have kept me home that day. I was about 11.