好莱坞影视剧本精选_一个国家的诞生.docVIP

F O R Y O U R C O N S I D E R A T I O N B E S T O R I G I N A L S C R E E N P L A Y S C R E E N P L A Y B Y N AT E PA R K E R S T O R Y B Y N AT E PA R K E R J E A N M c G I A N N I C E L E S T I N THE BIRTH OF A NATION Screenplay by Nate Parker 4/09/15 - White Draft 4/21/15 - Blue Draft 5/08/15 - Pink Draft 6/15/15 - Yellow Draft 4/9/15 - WHITE 1 1 BLACK, THEN- 1 Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever. Thomas Jefferson, 1785 CHILD’S VOICE (V.O.) My mama, she was runnin’. Runnin’ fast as she could... FADE IN 2 EXT. DISMAL SWAMP - NIGHT 2 Moonlight sifts through the tall pines, illuminating the fog-blanketed marsh. CHILD’S VOICE (V.O.) But the white man, he catched her. Catched her an’ throwed her to the ground... Through the boscage, two shrouded figures emerge, pacing stealthily through the brush. CHILD’S VOICE (V.O.) But he ain’t know that another man, big like my daddy was behind him... CLOSER to reveal the shadowed features of an African WOMAN. She pulls a YOUNG BOY alongside her- both of whom’s features we cannot yet clearly see. CHILD’S VOICE (V.O.) He took a big ol’ stick and hit that white man all about his head with it... 3 INT. SLAVE QUARTERS - NANA’S CABIN - (NIGHT) 3 Three SLAVE CHILDREN sit together under candle light. They wear long TOW SHIRTS that reach to their knees. The smallest, YOUNG NAT TURNER (9) continues as the two others listen rapt. YOUNG NAT Then they dug a hole, roll him in it and walked on back. An UNKNOWN POV watches from outside the cracked cabin door. One of the other slave children, YOUNG HARK (10) pipes up. (CONTINUED) 5/8/15 - PINK 2 3 CONTINUED: 3 SLAVE CHILD They got lynched? YOUNG NAT Naw. They went on back and didnt never say nothing on it. (he giggles) Say they ain’t seen master all day. The cabin door opens to reveal NANCY TURNER (20’s). She regards Nat, spooked. NANCY Who told you that? No answer. She rushes to him, grabs him hard by the arm. NANCY (CONT’D