The Toronto International Film Festival is determined to screen Nate Parker’s slave drama The Birth of a Nation next month, despite continuing uproar over accusations of rape in the filmmaker’s past. “A film like The Birth of a Nation, and the other films, question and challenge and are provocative. Parker directed, co-produced, co-wrote and stars in the film, playing lead character and historical figure Nat Turner. That was before a 17-year-old rape accusation against Parker and his co-writer Jean Celestin resurfaced last week. “We haven’t always counted but I suspect this is the highest we’ve ever had,” Handling said of the female film quotient.

Source: thestar August 23, 2016 12:56 UTC