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"Birth of a Nation" is latest of several films on genre

This image released by WGN shows, from left, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Alano Miller and Renwick Scott in a scene from the drama series, "Underground." Slavery stories were scarce prior to 2012, but their proliferation has led some to question whether viewers are becoming weary of the genre, or if Hollywood is only finally addressing the oppressive and brutal institution that lasted four centuries and remains part of the country’s legacy today. (Skip Bolen/Sony Pictures Television via AP)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Monica Mingo had sworn off watching slave movies after seeing the Oscar-winning "12 Years a Slave": The horrifying depictions of black people being beaten, raped, and dehumanized became all too much.




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