Nate Parker

• 
• 10-12-16
  

  Why Audiences Must See Nate Parker’s "Birth of a Nation," Despite the Controversy

  by Alyssa Sepinwall

  Audiences should see "Birth" – and then debate its strengths and weaknesses. Otherwise, we are unlikely to get better films on slavery.

• 
• SOURCE: NYT
  10-9-16
  

  ‘The Birth of a Nation’ Struggles at the Box Office

  The film arrived to an estimated $7.1 million in ticket sales over the weekend, apparently unable to push past the controversy surrounding its director and star, Nate Parker.

• 
• SOURCE: NYT
  10-2-16
  

  Tricky Goal for ‘Birth of a Nation’: Inspire but Don’t Incite

  Fox Searchlight has aimed a grass-roots campaign at churches, schools and pockets of political influence to ease the provocative film into communities on edge.