Nate Parker
Actor Nate Parker who’s known for his role in the film that co-starred Denzel Washington in “The Great Debaters” ventured off to work behind the camera. Parker wrote, directed, and starred in ” Birth Of A Nation”
an independent film that won two of the highest honors at the Sundance Film Festival — the Audience Award and the Grand Jury prize.Birth Of A Nation is about the 1831 slave rebellion by Nat Turner
The indie film garnered such high praise that Fox Searchlight purchased the film for $17.5 million dollars and on Friday they released the two minute trailer.