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The Cast of 'Birth of a Nation' Talks About the Film's Relevance to Today's Racial Climate
Nate Parker, director, co-writer, and star of Birth of a Nation, sees the film as a way to provoke more dialogue about race: “I want there to be a conversation."
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'Birth of a Nation': Rape Activists Hold Vigil on Opening Night in L.A.
Sit-in outside Arclight Hollywood Cinemas to raise awareness for victims of rape and sexual assault (Photo: Valentina Valentini/Instagram)
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Here's What Nate Parker and the 'Birth of a Nation' Cast Say to Anyone Planning to Boycott Their Film
The Birth of a Nation was the breakout debut of January’s Sundance Film Festival. Nate Parker’s critically acclaimed drama about slave rebellion leader Nat Turner was acquired by Fox Searchlight for a record-breaking $17.5 million and pegged as an early Oscar favorite. At this month’s Toronto International Film Festival, where Birth screened to two standing ovations, Yahoo Movies asked Parker and the cast what their message would be to those who’ve said they won’t see the film in light of rece
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Watch Nat Turner Engage in Biblical War of Words in This Tense Clip From 'The Birth of a Nation' (Exclusive)
Warning: Clip contains explicit language.
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13 Oscar Contenders That Emerged Out of Venice, Telluride, and Toronto Fests
The Oscars are still five months away, but consider awards season under way now that Hollywood has returned home from film festivals in Venice, Telluride, and Toronto. (So yes, that means awards season pretty much runs for half a calendar year.)
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Nate Parker on Sundance Hit 'The Birth of a Nation': 'It's a Massive Blow to White Supremacy'
Nate Parker was pumped. The writer-director-actor had just finished the Q&A for the final Sundance Film Festival screening of his breakout debut feature The Birth of a Nation, but he wasn’t nearly ready to stop talking about the movie that had taken the festival by storm. Parker wrote, directed and stars in the biopic of Nat Turner, a preacher and slave who, in 1831, led a famed slave rebellion in Virginia.
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Sundance Report: Declaring Slave Rebellion Drama 'The Birth of a Nation' 2017's First Oscar Contender
Nate Parker in ‘The Birth of a Nation’ (Sundance Film Institute) Consider this an official declaration: The Birth of a Nation is the first major contender for the 2017 Oscars. Nate Parker’s period drama, about the black preacher who led a bloody insurrection against Virginia slave owners in 1831, was adoringly received at its Monday afternoon Sundance screening, drawing several standing ovations at the cavernous Eccles Theatre. Parker, who starred in 2014’s cult hit romance Beyond the Lights a