The Birth of a Nation filmmaker Nate Parker's rape scandal engulfs the major Oscar contender

By Michael Idato
Updated August 28 2016 - 10:40pm, first published August 25 2016 - 8:46am
Scandal has hit actor/director/writer Nate Parker before the release of his slave film <i>The Birth of a Nation</i>. Photo: Fox Searchlight
Scandal has hit actor/director/writer Nate Parker before the release of his slave film <i>The Birth of a Nation</i>. Photo: Fox Searchlight
Nate Parker accepts the Breakthrough Director of the Year award at CinemaCon 2016. Photo: Chris Pizzello
Nate Parker accepts the Breakthrough Director of the Year award at CinemaCon 2016. Photo: Chris Pizzello

When Nate Parker's film The Birth of a Nation premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and subsequently sold to a major studio for a $US17.5 million ($22.98 million) fee, it was heralded as the emergence of a major motion picture.

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