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Nate Parker's Past, His Present, And The Future Of "The Birth of A Nation"

Nate Parker's Past, His Present, And The Future Of "The Birth of A Nation"

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Nate Parker's Past, His Present, And The Future Of "The Birth of A Nation"

FromCode Switch

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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Aug 24, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Actor Nate Parker is the center of a lot attention these days because of his upcoming movie The Birth of A Nation. Parker wrote, directed and stars as Nat Turner, leader of an historic 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia. Last winter, Parker won a multi-million dollar distribution deal for the movie at the Sundance Film Festival. As the anticipation grows for the film's release, a chapter from Parker's college past has come under scrutiny. He was charged and later acquitted in a rape trial as a student-athlete at Penn State. Code Switch's Karen Grigsby Bates moderates a conversation about how Parker's past and his responses in the present may affect what some already consider an important motion picture. Karen is joined by Gillian White, senior associate editor at The Atlantic, Michael Arceneaux, a columnist for Complex magazine, and Goldie Taylor, an editor-at-large of The Daily Beast.
Released:
Aug 24, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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