To say that things got heated on set of Roland Martin‘s News One Now is a complete understatement. By no surprise, Birth Of A Nation has rattled many black women, some using feminism as the reason why they wouldn’t support the film. The Nat Turner story opened to a disappointing $7M, and many people celebrated […]
10/12/16- Roland Martin talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the opening weekend numbers of Nate Parker‘s Birth Of A Nation. “We do not operate by main streams media by what they say is a flop or not. The fact that it got made is a success. How is it that we can say […]
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Nate Parker discusses the tough journey to get the Nat Turner biopic made.
Nate Parker and the cast of 'Birth of a Nation' share how important it was to be a part of the film.
Birth Of A Nation is easily one of the country’s most anticipated films of the year. Nation tells the story of slave and preacher, Nat Turner (Nate Parker), who uses his preaching to calm unruly slaves. One he notices the atrocities against himself and his fellow slaves, Nat orchestrates an uprising in hopes of leading them to freedom. […]
The past month has totally changed the perception of Nate Parker for many people.
Several of Nate Parker's Penn State classmates released a statement regarding the decades-old rape case.
Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton is questioning why filmmaker Nate Parker is under intense public scrutiny for rape charges leveled against him 17 years ago. He believes the rehashing smacks of a possible right-wing conspiracy to keep the public from seeing his film The Birth of a Nation, reports The New York Daily News. “If a […]
On Friday, he was asked by TMZ while in his car, about the 17-year-old rape case against the lauded actor and director.
The controversy ramped up last week when Parker was asked about a 1999 rape charge involving him and Jean Celestin, his college roommate and 'Birth of A Nation' collaborator, while they were students at Penn State University.
"Seventeen years ago, I experienced a very painful moment in my life,” Parker told Variety.
