From the ashes of 'Birth of a Nation' controversy, a new playwright and 'The Light'
There was a standing ovation after the world premiere of "Birth of a Nation" at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. The film, about the 1831 slave uprising led by Nat Turner, was directed, produced, written by and starred Nate Parker. The title of the film, a nod to D.W. Griffith's overtly racist...