The Birth of a Nation (which re-claims the title from the 1915 D.W Griffith racist opus) shares a producer with my own film, Amateur — Jason Michael Berman — so I was fortunate to be at the after-party following the premiere, where rumors began to circulate of skyrocketing bids. When Parker, Berman and the other producers disappeared from the party, we knew a midnight bidding war was in-progress, the kind that is so rare and virtually unheard of outside of Sundance. The following day Parker and company appeared on a panel hosted by Deadline's Dominic Patten to explain how the film was made (and acquired). The panel features Nate Parker and fellow actors Armie Hammer, Penelope Ann Miller and Chiké Okonkwo, as well as producers Jason Michael Berman, Kevin Turen and Aaron Gilbert:
Stay tuned for my in-depth podcast interview with Birth Director of Photography Elliot Davis. And for more, see our complete coverage of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.
No Film School's video and editorial coverage of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival is sponsored by Blackmagic Design.
