TORONTO — He dodged it.
Yes, Nate Parker said plenty of interesting and important things about injustice and inequality at the fiery Birth of a Nation press conference on Sunday morning, but at the end of the day, the journalists walking out of the Fairmont Royal York hotel were left with just one thought — he dodged the tough questions.
It was the elephant in the room, one filled with journalists who were only there for one reason — Parker and co-story writer Jean Celestin's college rape controversy that prompted an investigation and trials at Penn State in 1999.
What did he have to say about the allegations he was acquitted of in 2001? What did he have to say to the family of his accuser, who killed herself in 2012? What did he have to say to the people reluctant to support his film? Read more...
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