Birth of a Nation: Toronto Film Festival still plans to screen Nate Parker film
The news comes as Parkers 1999 sexual assault trial has been the subject of renewed attention online. We will present the film as planned. A jury found Celestin guilty of sexual assault, and he was sentenced to six months in prison. (The conviction was later overturned.) I cant help but think of all the implications this has for her family, he wrote. I cannot nor do I want to ignore the pain she endured during and following our trial....