Birth Of A Nation Facts

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For my final research paper, I would like to analyze the historic film, "The Birth of A Nation" and the controversial rape allegations behind its director, Nate Parker. Due to the rape allegations, many critics panned and audiences around the nation boycotted the film. However, director Roman Palanski's films received praise and hardly any rejection after his rape allegation in 1977. The critics that decided to look past Parker's accusations and gave the film a chance, criticized the film for being historically inaccurate. But, some of the same critics gave praise to other historically inaccurate films. Did I mention Nate Parker is black? I will go more in depth with my research paper.

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