The Birth of a Nation (Official Thread)

[Maxine Shaw]

Final reply to you.

CHAMPAGNE FOR ALL!








(clicks the [n]ignore button just in case)

 

[Neuromancer]

Seeing this shyt 4 times with my girl .

 

[Neuromancer]

Final reply to you.

1. No we didn't agree. I said that neither your claim or the media's claim was backed up with receipts. I've asked for receipts. So far, you haven't posted them.

2. No temper tantrum here. Waiting for receipts that back either your claim or the media's claim.

My fellow wakandan. You are attempting to have a civil debate with a troll. Cease and desist. You are not dealing with a creature who is interested in various view points.

 

[Birnin Zana]

My fellow wakandan. You are attempting to have a civil debate with a troll. Cease and desist.

No worries, I fell back from it.

Will just wait for the movie to come out. Now that we have all the info, open letters, and interviews out there, the debates going on are gonna be what they are gonna be. Barring a bombshell, it'll be the movie that carry the most amount of focus.

 

[satam55]

Nate Parker, the director, writer and star of “The Birth of a Nation,” will be among the guests at the 60th BFI London Film Festival, threatening to inject a note of controversy into the October event.

This follows a heated debate in the U.S. concerning an allegation of rape made against Parker in 1999; he was acquitted of the charge in a 2001 trial, but Variety revealed recently that the female student who made the accusation had died by suicide in 2012.

There is a danger that by inviting Parker, the controversy surrounding him may overshadow the filmmaking achievements of other festival guests. Variety has posed this point to festival director Clare Stewart, but has yet to receive a response. Stewart’s line is, reportedly, that she will not comment on the director’s private life.

Other guests at the festival include Oliver Stone, Nicole Kidman, Amma Asante, Cillian Murphy, Jack Reynor, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong’o, Rosamund Pike, Laura Carmichael, Kenneth Lonergan and Tom Ford.

“The Birth of a Nation” receives its European premiere as a red-carpet Gala screening as does Lone Scherfig’s “Their Finest” and Lonergan’s “Manchester by the Sea.” Other Gala screenings include Stone’s “Snowden,” J.A. Bayona’s “A Monster Calls” and Denis Villeneuve’s “Arrival.” Other high-profile movies in the lineup include Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land” and Ford’s “Nocturnal Animal.”

As previously announced, the festival opens with the European premiere of Amma Asante’s “A United Kingdom,” starring Oyelowo and Pike, and closes with the European premiere of Ben Wheatley’s “Free Fire,” starring Brie Larson, Murphy and Armie Hammer.

Other previously announced red-carpet screenings include Garth Davis’ “Lion,” staring Dev Patel, Rooney Mara and Kidman, and Mira Nair’s “Queen of Katwe,” starring Oyelowo and Nyong’o.

The festival, which runs Oct. 5-16, will incorporate a new temporary movie theater, known as the Embankment Garden Cinema, on the north bank of the River Thames in the center of London. It will have 780 seats, Dolby 7.1 surround sound and 4k digital projection.

OFFICIAL COMPETITION
Martin Koolhoven, “Brimstone”
Kelly Reichardt, “Certain Women”
Mohamed Diab, “Clash”
Paul Verhoeven, “Elle”
Francois Ozon, “Frantz”
Ivan Sen, “Goldstone” (European premiere)
Mijke De Jong, “Layla M.” (European premiere)
Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight” (European premiere)
Pablo Larrain, “Neruda”
Terence Davies, “A Quiet Passion”
Benedict Andrews, “Una” (European premiere)
Makoto Shinkai, “Your Name”

FIRST FEATURE COMPETITION
Jorge Riquelme Serrano, “Chameleon” (international premiere)
Darren Thornton, “A Date for Mad Mary”
Houda Benyamina, “Divines”
Johannes Nyholm, “The Giant”
Mohamed Ben Attia, “Hedi”
William Oldroyd, “Lady Macbeth”
Hope dikkson Leach, “The Levelling” (European premiere)
Claude Barras, “My Life as a Courgette”
Bartosz M. Kowalski, “Playground”
Gabe Klinger, “Porto”
Julia Ducournau, “Raw”
Wang Yichun, “What’s in the Darkness”
Daouda Coulibaly, “Wulu”

 

[DaRealness]

I want to attend this!

 

[daemonova]

'Birth of a Nation' actress Gabrielle Union: I cannot take Nate Parker rape allegations lightly http://fw.to/gEShP7Q

that was HER adjusting her top in She's all that, she got over that Payless rape real quick, we could do inventory or........................................ you could sweat like teyanna taylor for five minutes

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

I thought what she wrote was compelling. This does stand out.

To that end, we are making an effort to teach our sons about affirmative consent. We explain that the onus is on them to explicitly ask if their partner consents. And we tell them that a shrug or a smile or a sigh won’t suffice. They have to hear “yes.”

 

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

I thought what she wrote was compelling. This does stand out.

We also need to start saying that having two dudes in the room is suspect as fukk

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

We also need to start saying that having two dudes in the room is suspect as fukk

It is, but not surprising among athletes. I wouldn't do it , but that shyt goes on.

You'd be surprised how many "trains" happen on college campuses among athletes with chicks thats down for it.
Him: "You’re looking at it like a black girl..."

Don't get me wrong, I do think sexual assault on campus is a serious issue and that it really is happening all over the country. Just saying that "trains" are happening as well.

Anybody who does that now is a damn fool and yea suspect.

 

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

It is, but not surprising among athletes. I wouldn't do it , but that shyt goes on.

You'd be surprised how many "trains" happen on college campuses among athletes with chicks thats down for it.
Him: "You’re looking at it like a black girl..."

Don't get me wrong, I do think sexual assault on campus is a serious issue and that it really is happening all over the country. Just saying that "trains" are happening as well.

Anybody who does that now is a damn fool and yea suspect.

My dikk wouldn't b able to get hard with another nikka in there

Anyways I think the fact that this hasn't gone away yet basically means that Nate is going to have to do indies from now on.
He is not blowing up after this

 

[satam55]

 

[Birnin Zana]

Forgot that the movie premiers at TIFF today. Curious on how the audience will react to the film.

 

[satam55]

“The Birth of a Nation” received a standing ovation at its Friday night premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, despite ongoing controversy about the college rape trial of Nate Parker.

Initially viewed as an Oscar frontrunner after a record-breaking deal at the Sundance Film Festival, the film has seen its awards prospects threatened as the public has learned about accusations that Parker sexually assaulted an 18-year-old Penn State student while they were attending college together. He was later acquitted of the charges.

Jean Celestin, Parker’s roommate at the time and the co-writer of “The Birth of a Nation,” was found guilty. His conviction was later overturned on appeal, and the accuser committed suicide in 2012.

Fox Searchlight, which acquired worldwide rights to the film for $17.5 million last spring, has sought to limit Parker’s exposure to the press. A party for the film at the Shangri-La Hotel shortly before the screening was closed to the media and a red carpet was mostly limited to photographers. Parker didn’t do interviews, but flashed a peace sign before entering the theater. Parker wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the drama about slave rebellion leader Nat Turner.

After the credits rolled, Parker mounted the stage flanked by the rest of the film’s cast. He clasped his hands together as the crowd applauded and exhaled. He began his remarks by thanking Fox Searchlight and the film’s financiers.

“I appreciate it more than you can possibly imagine,” he said.

A showing that may have been a source of anxiety for the studio went off without incident. There was no heckling during the screening and no signs of protests outside the Winter Garden Theatre, where the film showed. During a question and answer period, moderator and festival artistic director Cameron Bailey kept the focus on the production and Turner’s legacy.

Parker said that despite growing up 42 miles east of where Turner’s rebellion unfolded in Virginia, there were no monuments to the man who inspired his fellow slaves to take up arms in 1831 against their masters. After becoming an actor and learning about Turner, making a film about his life became a passion project for Parker.

“This is someone who should be celebrated along the lines of Patrick Henrys, of Jeffersons, of our founding fathers,” said Parker. “I felt like this was a story that I felt, historically speaking, could really promote the type of healing we need and the conversation around race.”

Although slave owners violently struck down Turner’s rebellion and attempted to wipe out his legacy, Parker said his role in history is secure and his life story continued to be told, passed down as part of a vibrant oral tradition.

“He solidified his legacy the moment that he raised the ax,” he said.

Other cast members, such as Roger Guenveur Smith, drew parallels between Turner’s story and modern political protests against racially charged police brutality. He noted that Turner was only one instance of rebellion in the history of the United States.

“Nat Turner was not an anomaly and was part of a tradition of resistance which began in the Western Hemisphere in the year 1492,” said Guenveur Smith. “What happened in Southampton County in 1831 was part of an ongoing movement of liberation which continues to this day. Nat Turner and his comrades recognized in 1831, a long time ago, that indeed, black lives do matter.”

 

[Dr. Narcisse]