Nate Parker Research Paper

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Nate Parker

Nate Parker is an American actor in movies and a director for his movies. He

also produces movies as well as write them. Some movies that he starred in

were Beyond the Lights, Red Tails, The Secret Life of Bees, The Great Debaters,

Arbitrage, Non-Stop, Felon and Pride. He was born on November 18, 1979 and is

37 years old. He was born in Norfolk Virginia. Parker wasn’t always an actor, in

his earlier days he was a wrestler. He wrestled at Great Bridge High School and

also went there for school/ studying. Nate Parker also studied at the University

of Oklahoma as well as wrestle there too. He is now married to Sarah DiSanto.

In 1999, Nate and his friend Jean Celestin, who participated with Birth of a

Nation, were accused
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On August 19, 1999, the person that accused them, known as Jane Doe in

court documents, declares that she spent time in her dorm. The two had met up

with each other in the early summer from a mutual friend before coming onto

the Pennsylvania State University campus. While confirming, the so-called

victim said that the friend had told her that Nate was “dog” but she did like him.

Nate Parker’s accuser said that she requested him to come over so that the

meeting was “on her territory”. According to her testimony, her and Nate

kissed. On August 21, 1999 was the morning of the alleged rape. The alleged

victim declared that Nate had asked her to come back to his room, saying that

she was too drunk to return to the main campus. She had fell asleep in his bed,

and when she woke up, she found the scene happening to her since she was

unconscious and intoxicated. The next time that they spoke, on October 17th,

she recorded the call with the help of some police workers. As claimed by

Parker, he stated in the call, that his accuser for “sure did not seem drunk at all

that night”. Her friend Celestin also spoke to her, and told her “he had
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On November 17,

1999, Doe was sick of being harassed verbally and attempted to commit suicide.

Doe decides to stay in a State College but leaves Pennsylvania University where

the rape scenario occurred. On October 5,2002 Nate was found not guilty with

no charges but celestin was found guilty and expelled from Penn State for two

years in early December of 2002 as well. In 2003 Nate graduated from the

University of Oklahoma, which is where he was transferred when Celestin’s

sentencing was done and over with. This time Celestin is going to be in jail for

two to four years instead of one for being resentenced. In 2004, Nate gets his

first role in a new TV series Cold Case. Now in 2007 Parker gets roles in movies

and series like, Pride with Terrence Howard and The Great Debaters with Denzel

Washington. In 2012, Doe commits suicide and this time finishes it. In 2014 Nate

parker starts filming for Birth of a Nation and spends over 27 days filming in

Savannah Georgia. The movie cost a little over $17.5 million. On October 7,

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