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    Armie Hammer calls Nate Parker-Casey Affleck outcry 'a double standard'

    Armie Hammer has slammed how Nate Parker was banished over a rape allegation last year, which obliterated his movie 'The Birth Of A Nation', while Casey Affleck won an Oscar.

  • NewsKevin Polowy

    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."

  • NewsKevin Polowy

    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

  • NewsKevin Polowy

    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.

  • NewsVariety

    Nate Parker to Attend BFI London Film Festival with ‘The Birth of a Nation’

    Nate Parker, the director, writer and star of “The Birth of a Nation,” will be among the guests at the 60th BFI London Film Festival, threatening to inject a note of controversy into the October event. The announcement Thursday of Parker’s participation comes amid a heated debate in the U.S. concerning an allegation of rape... <a href="http://variety.com/2016/film/global/nate-parker-bfi-london-film-festival-the-birth-of-a-nation-1201849933/" title="Read Nate Parker to Attend BFI London Film Fes

  • NewsBen Arnold

    Birth Of A Nation Director Nate Parker's Rape Accuser Took Her Own Life In 2012

    The woman who accused director Nate Parker of raping her while they were both students at Penn State University took her own life in 2012, her brother revealed. It emerged last week that Parker and his college roommate Jean Celestin were charged with the rape of the fellow Penn State student, who was intoxicated, in 1999. Parker and Celestin, who claimed the encounter was consensual, were also accused of stalking and harassing the victim after she reported the assault to the police.

  • NewsBen Arnold

    Rape Trial History Casts Doubt On Oscar Hopeful Birth Of A Nation

    Nate Parker, who wrote, directed and stars in slave revolt drama ‘The Birth Of A Nation’, spoke about the trial during an interview with Variety last week. Parker was accused along with his roommate Jean Celestin, who also co-wrote the movie, of having sex with an unconscious 18-year-old student after a night of drinking while studying at Penn State in 1999.