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Wayne Taylor, 55, of Lithia, was driving a 2010 Semi tractor trailer in the outside lane, eastbound on State Road 60.
Munoz reportedly lost control of his vehicle. The ve- hicle entered the median, ro- tated, continued in the eastbound lanes, and col- lided with the tractor trailer.
Munoz sustained life- threatening injuries and died at the scene.
Bicyclist In Critical Condition
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A traffic accident early Tuesday, shortly before 6 a.m., left a 29-year-old Tampa man dead. The acci- dent took place on State Road 60, west of 80 Foot Road, in Polk County.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Jhoan M. Idarraga Munoz, of Tampa, was driving his 2009 Nissan westbound on State Road 60. He was traveling in the inside lane at a high rate of speed.
Investigators said Darryl
Hit And Run Driver Leaves
MIAMI, FL – Today, RE- VOLT revealed some of the in- dustry’s top names in entertainment will take the stage to perform during the highly anticipated 3rd Annual REVOLT Music Conference (RMC) at the Eden Roc Miami Beach next week, October 13- 15, 2016.
On the evening of Thurs- day, October 13, Ro James and Kent Jones will kick off RMC with can’t-miss perform- ances at the Welcome Cere- mony in advance of the action-packed roster of per- formances, panels, keynote speakers and events taking place throughout the weekend.
The pool at the Eden Roc Miami Beach will be live all day on Friday, October 14, and Sat- urday, October 15 with an un- paralleled lineup of DJs and performances by artists includ-
KEHLANI
ing Zoey Dollaz, Cardi B, Jahkoy, Dreezy, Trap Beckham, Lajan Slim, Jay IDK, CymcoLé, Prospectt and Ayo Jay. Dave East and Nick Grant will take the stage on Friday evening at the Global Spin Awards Nomina- tions, hosted by Jeezy, where the 2017 nominees will be an- nounced live.
KENT JONES
will join Bibi Bourelly to close out the weekend with must-see performances at an exclusive Gala dinner honoring Nas.
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No charges are expected to be filed in the case.
Parker’s The Birth of a Nation will open in roughly 2,100 theaters this weekend at the North American box office in an ambitious bid to win over art house audiences and main- stream moviegoers alike.
Conservative estimates show the slave-rebellion drama opening in the $7 mil- lion-$8 million range, al- though some tracking services have it approaching $10 mil- lion.
There is nothing safe about
“The Birth of a Nation.”
You may think you’ve seen a movie like this before. But “12 Years a Slave” didn’t end in armed rebellion. “Roots” didn’t have Kunta Kinte grabbing an axe and killing slave owners in their beds.
And that makes this movie pretty risky, and those risks pretty exciting.
Unfortunately, its director, Nate Parker, makes it prob- lematic, too. Or at least his past does.
“The Birth of a Nation”
is a drama about power, about exploitation, about rape. But since the film’s victory lap at Sundance, it briefly takes you out of the movie — as do some of his first-time director
“Birth of a Nation” tells the saga of the doomed slave re- volt by Nat Turner.
Revolt Music Conference:
The Florida Highway Pa- trol is currently investigating a hit and run accident. The accident took place at U. S. Alternate 19 near Flora Av- enue, in Pasco County.
According to the investiga- tors, Elijah R. Daggy, 37, of Holiday, was riding his bi- cycle in the designated bicy- cle lane shortly before 2 p.m. on September 28th.
An unidentified driver in an SUV was traveling south-
bound on U. S. Alternate 19. For undetermined reasons, the vehicle traveled into the bicycle lane and struck Daggy.
He was transported to Bayonet Point Hospital, where he was listed in seri- ous condition.
Police have developed a person and vehicle of interest in the case. However, charges are pending and the investi- gation is continuing.
Saturday evening, Kehlani
‘The Birth Of A Nation,’ Nate Parker’s Drama About
Real Life Slave Revolt, Opens In Theaters Friday
choices, bringing on visions of angels (Turner felt truly called by God) or of mystical African rites.
So, no, this “Birth of the Nation” isn’t as cinematically important as the first film with that title, released back in 1915. But it’s politically important. Because unlike D. W. Grif- fith’s version, it doesn’t have white racists as its heroes. And it celebrates the birth of a dif- ferent kind of union.
Parker sticks mostly to the few facts known about Nat Turner — a smart child saved from drudgery when a planta- tion matriarch saw his love of learning; a charismatic man who briefly became a preacher, taking the gospel to desperate
field hands.
But witnessing the brutal-
ity of slavery in his travels, Turner saw that his shackled congregants needed not peace, but a sword. And he decided to bring it to them.
Aja Naomi King, mean- while, is terrific as Turner’s tender, devoted wife. Their ro- mance, unfortunately, is a lit- tle sketchy. Parker’s direction can sometimes be overly obvi- ous, too, and out-of-sync with the period (like playing Nina Simone’s “Strange Fruit” over a lynching scene).
But then Turner finally picks up that axe, and another slave grabs a club. Suddenly the revolt is on, and the re- venge feels cathartic.
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