AFI cancels 'Birth of a Nation' screening in wake of Nate Parker rape trial controversy

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 - 13:01 in Health & Medicine

Wade SheridanLOS ANGELES, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The American Film Institute has cancelled a screening of Nate Parker's upcoming film "Birth of Nation" due to the controversy surrounding his 1999 rape trial.

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