The Birth of a Nation (2016 film)
The Birth of a Nation is a 2016 American- Canadian period drama film based on the story of Nat Turner, the enslaved man who led a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831.
Co- written, co-produced and directed by Nate Parker( in his directorial debut), the film stars Parker as Turner, with Armie Hammer, Mark Boone Junior, Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis, Aja Naomi King, Dwight Henry, Jackie Earle Haley, Esther Scott, Penelope Ann Miller, Roger Guenveur Smith, and Gabrielle Union in supporting roles.
Parker also petitioned financiers to invest in the film, ultimately getting an$ 8.5 million production budget, and started filming in May 2015 in Georgia.
The film premiered in competition at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2016.
Fox Searchlight Pictures bought worldwide rights to the film in a$ 17.5 million deal, the largest deal at the film festival to date.
At the end of the festival, the film won the Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Dramatic Competition and was highly praised for its directing, acting, soundtrack and cinematography.
The film was theatrically released in the United States on October 7, 2016 by Fox Searchlight Pictures and grossed$ 16 million.
Because" The Birth of a Nation" attracted increased attention due to possible Oscar nominations, there was significant press coverage of a 1999 alleged rape that Parker and co-writer Jean McGianni Celestin were accused of having committed, and the fact that the accuser committed suicide in 2012.
While Parker was acquitted and Celestin was not retried after his conviction was overturned on appeal, the controversy surrounding the alleged rape and Parker's initial responses to the controversy cast a shadow over the film.
Nate Parker
Nate Parker( born November 18, 1979) is an American actor who has appeared in" Beyond the LightsRed Tails The Secret Life of Bees The Great Debaters Arbitrage Non- StopFelon", and" Pride".
Parker's directorial debut feature film," The Birth of a Nation", in which he also starred, made history at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival when Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired the distribution rights for$ 17.5 million, breaking the record for the most paid for a Sundance Film Festival production, surpassing" Little Miss Sunshine", which had been acquired by Searchlight for$ 10 million ten years earlier.
The film ultimately became a box office flop after rape allegations against Parker surfaced.
Mary Childs Nerney
Mary Childs
Nerney was the Executive Secretary of the NAACP from 1912 to 1916.
She was white, and often lost patience with the African- American people she was seeking to help.
She offered W.E.B. DuBois the chance to lead the campaign to ban" The Birth of a Nation"( 1915), but he refused.
Because of the lack of success in NAACP's actions to ban" The Birth of a Nation", on April 17, 1915, Nerney wrote to NAACP Executive Committee member George Packard:" I am utterly disgusted with the situation in regard to" The Birth of a Nation" ... kindly remember that we have put six weeks of constant effort of this thing and have gotten nowhere."
Luis Moglia Barth
Luis Moglia Barth( 12 April 1903- 18 June 1984) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter, and one of the influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era.
He directed some 30 films between 1927 and 1959, often screenwriting for his pictures.
He died in Buenos Aires, aged 81.
The Doctress Wants Tangos
The Doctress Wants Tangos
( Spanish:" La Doctora quiere tangos") is a 1949 Argentine film.
La Doctora Castañuelas
La Doctora Castañuelas is a 1950 Argentine musical comedy film directed by Luis Moglia Barth.
The Birth of a Race
The Birth of a Race is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by John W. Noble.
It was made as a response to the 1915 film" The Birth of a Nation", and was meant to discredit the negative stereotypes perpetuated by the film.
Initially, it was intended to be a short answer film that could be appended to" The Birth of a Nation" in 1915 but a combination of weak financial backing and growing ambitions delayed its completion for more than two years.
When finally released in December 1918, following the end of World War I," The Birth of a Race" was a two- hour feature- length film, portraying the achievements of black people through history.
It premiered in Chicago in December, 1918, to great ballyhoo but was a commercial and critical failure.
This film is preserved at the Library of Congress.
Masato Sakai
On August 14, 2015, he announced the birth of his first son.
The Fall of a Nation
The Fall of a Nation is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Thomas Dixon, Jr., and is a sequel to the 1915 film" The Birth of a Nation", directed by D. W. Griffith.
Dixon, Jr. attempted to cash in on the success of the controversial first film.
" The Fall of a Nation" is considered to be the first ever film sequel.
Based upon" The Fall of a Nation", written by the director, the film is now considered lost.
Spottiswoode Aitken
Frank Spottiswoode Aitken( 16 April 1868 – 26 February 1933) was a Scottish actor of the silent era.
He was perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Cameron in" The Birth of a Nation"( 1915).

Question: Which film has the director who was born first, The Birth Of A Nation (2016 Film) or La Doctora Castañuelas?
Answer: La Doctora Castañuelas