Nate Parker's Insane Charges

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Nate Parker is an American actor, producer, director, writer, and music director. Nate Parker appeared in many films, such as: Beyond the Lights, Red Tails, The Secret Life of Bees, The Great Debaters, Arbitrage, Non-Stop, Felon and Pride. Nate Parker was born November 18th, 1979 in Norfolk, Virginia. Nate Parker most recently directed the film The Birth of a Nation. Many people didn’t want to watch this movie because of his controversial rape charges and rape trial in 1994, and 1999. Nate Parker was acquitted of his rape charges, but now after he directed the film The Birth of a Nation critics have brought up his past, as far as his controversial rape charges.

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