First of all... If y'all read the fucking rape report, It clearly states that she said her and Nate had "Consensual" sex... Meaning she gave her consent to have sex with Nate... She had sex with him and his friend the same night but later regretted it and tried to pin rape on his friend.... So idk why Nate is being brought into this. Either way the judge said they were both innocent.... She shouldn't have been sleeping with two dudes anyway.... Then hollering rape is so messed up when that's not even what happened... Sad ass and this was when he was 19 years old anyway why tf is this being brought up??? He didn't even do anything wrong. I also find it very odd how he has this great movie coming out then all of a sudden these reports come out smh they don't wanna see a black man win. Watch that movie DOMINATE THE BOX OFFICE... y'all can't stop what God has for Nate.

im a sexual abuse survivor and i support women rights. With that said I think this is some sort of barrier put in place to stop people from seeing this film. Especially with the social climate in black america right now.Where were these people when his last film was out? He was the lead male role in that film. He has done several films. But now we are supposed to condem him for a crime he was aquitted of 17 years ago? I will be seeing this film and I'm taking my sons.

HE WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY. IM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE FILM. I WISH HIM ALL THE VERY BEST.

Where was the outrage when the Stanford University college student (white ) who was caught in the act and served no time.

I don't see people this mad about the guy that makes the X-Men movies..

Laughable that 17 years later this resurfaces during the time of this films release. I'm going to see it twice and pick up people to go with me.

Some black people will always fall for okie doke. Some of us have no code of conduct. We will don our cape trying to save the world but when we are facing our tribulations we are on our own.

It is insane to compare the Parker case with police shootings of black people. The circumstances of the cases are miles apart. Parkers' case is he said she said he says the sex was conseted to she said it was not. No cop or guy like Zimmerman saying a shooting did not happen they argued,the shooting was justified. Its apples to oranges. With that being said its clear that to some it is not important is guilty or not. Because he as accused people will hate him forever. Not fair at all

Too much emotion and not enough logic being used.

Nate Parker shouldn't have to do a tour on rape.

This young man has made 10 movies before this....and not a peep about his past. Now since he's bringing up a black man that has been celebrated for taking up for our people. He was found innocent in a court of law.

The answer to that last question, I think Black America should seek the truth about Nat Turner and remember this is Hollywood and the film is backed by the White Fox. If the movie stick to the truth of Nat Turner, it well never win an academy award. But if it vilifies, demonize Black freedom fighters it might be nominated. My worry of the Hollywood version will be the gross inaccuracies of Nat and his cause, and this will be seen by many of our younger generations who rarely read a Black historical book. In the end, Nat Turner was captured, tortured and lynched, but after his death, they went and killed and raped a thousand more innocent Black men, women and children. So let's see how much of this they will depict on the big screen.

He was being blackmailed and his PR Team told him to attack it first. This entire thing is a mess.

I find it quite ironic that this rape allegation, that he was "acquitted" for over a decade ago, is now surfacing once it's closer release date of he Nat Turner film.

of course we will support. he was found not guilty.

What a mess. The incident. This discussion. Everything.

I am a black woman and i wish these two loud, overtalking, hens stfu... Nate Parker was found innocent by a jury of his peers... Which also means that this case was public information for everyone to know.. It only came out now because The Birth of A Nation will be such a pivotal movie for blacks and this country... So please stop putting these type of black women on tv and asking them logical civil questions, smh

If Roland want to have a factual discussion then he should have insisted they read the court transcript before coming on the show. While I feel horrible about this young woman's death, it is not harassment for Nate to defend himself from a false allegation of rape. Especially after being found Not Quilty in a court of law. His female guest allowed their personal feeling and experiences to get in the way of making a logical argument. Moreover, her skin complexion has very little to do with this rape allegation over 100 years after the end of slavery.

Does anyone have proof that he did it?

these women are too emotional and there is no logic in their argument

I will support this film. Like it or not, the justice system exonerated him. Sad what happened to this woman taking her life, but no one, but the 3 of them was there. Tragic but life goes on.

This right here is demonstrative of how WE were concurred and continue to be dominated. Good job Boule Bird!

I can't stand how they are still doing this to this man 17 years after was proven innocent......NOT GUILTY. They want black men to suffer for forever

I felt like I was watching Fox News. Never been so hurt.

I will be going to see Nate Parker's "Birth Of A Nation" with my entire family. and I will be seeing it within the 1st 5 days of when it comes out in theaters because that's where the numbers and dollars count...

I'm gonna support it wholeheartedly, the man was acquitted. I know that, given the circumstances, were he not found INNOCENT beyond a reasonable doubt, he would probably still be in jail.

Beware of the Boule. See how these Oreo's try to down the brother. Everyone who looks like us don't think like us.

WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GROW UP AND TO TALK ABOUT THE SYSTEMATIC DESTRUCTION OF BLACK LEGACY?

Of course. My Nubian people need to see true history. Sabotage! Witness what they do when our people reveal harsh truths pertaining to their immoral antics. I highly respect this brother. We need to protect those who speak out.

Here's a bigger question! If nate parker was a black woman married to a WHITE MAN and she was involved in a sexual scandalous situation involving a white man student, but she accomplished what nate parker did and made and starred in a historical film about Harriet Turman and why would u feel about her? would you support her and her film like y'all are doing nate parker?

She said ok finish, then interrupted him again

Some people are destructive to the collective and they must be left behind

I wish i could reach out to rappers and people of influence like Diddy..That movie is what we need.. In a time of such confusion and hurt.. we need it for strength and guidance

Where were the complainers when the Great Debaters ans Red tails?

Definitely supporting the movie and I'm not judging him on a case he was acquitted for. what's the purpose in him being found innocent if we still treat him like he's guilty?

These Black women in America talk too damn much!!!

I'm Excited to see Birth of a Nation! It's Unfortunate they would dig up this Negative information! This is going to be an Amazing Movie! This Definitely #Sabotage

This panel was a waste of time. How do I respect the conversation when I can't understand it? Next time invite adults that were taught "one at a time." Complete waste.

i really hope fellas you are paying attention! WE ARE ON OUR OWN!!

First of all I was too excited when i first heard this was coming out...I think i jumped up and down.......So to me this movie means alot...Yes it's very tragic of what happened to the young lady, I was so sad to hear this....she must've had a really hard time. He denies any part of it and God knows if he really did or not and he will face him one day like us all. However he was tried in a court of law and found not guilty with a jury and everything. So for people to go back on this crime from 1999 to now reminds me of OJ simpson. When he was found not guilty. Blacks in general were happy with the decision but whites weren't although he was found not guilty. However he was pretty much punished for his old trial that he was found not guilty in, which is why he received a harsher sentence this time around. Also who are those two young ladies they seem so upset. Yes Rape is a issue that needs to be discussed. However you shouldnt try to ruin a mans career over his past that HE WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY OF.....I dont get this yes Rape is apart of the black community but how dare you call your own culture out. Rape happens all over the world in every culture. If you were tried for a crime and found not guilty then you shouldnt be punished.... although people still may have their thoughts that you were guilty, but YOU WERE FOUND NOT GUILTY PERIOD. People have accepted R. Kelly after what he was accused of and we saw the tapes....but i bet yall listen to his music. I dont even see why this is being talked about. I could see if he was found guilty but he wasnt. So what other reason would people not want this story told....The agenda is to stop the film from being seen because it depicts slaves rising up when for the most we part have only seen them laying down like in roots 1 ect. This is a powerful story to tell the black community....When I told my best friend that I couldnt wait to see this movie...she said who is Nat Turner?? How many others dont know.......So what is the agenda behind not telling this story. Are we going into every movie writers, actors, directors, camera man, or the whole film crews past and bringing out all their past crimes or mistakes. NO! this is not a good reason not to see this film. Nor to trash Nate Parker. To make him the poster boy for Rape when he was found not guilty is the wrong thing to do. If he was guilty and found not guilty then he will have a second judgement by God. Its not our place to try him again for a crime he was found not guilty of when he was young. After he has been a productive member of society hence forth.

Im sure I can't speak for my entire race I can say I & my family will be supporting this film. Has this questions about other celebs accused of something as horrible as rape. This film must be seen.

I'am going to see this filmmaker's movie for sure.

I've enjoyed his work since The Great Debaters so I'll continue to support him. I'd like to see Parker's version of Birth of a Nation. Regarding the alleged rape, Parker had his day in court and he was not convicted. So unless there's new evidence it's a moot issue.

Same thing they did to Dr. Dre when Straight out of Compton came out...

He was found innocent. How do we decide his guilt?

Nate was acquitted though, so....

i love watching this show everyday but the arguing and not letting people be heard is aggravating. NOTHING will stop me from seeing this movie nate already got paid and im not going to judge a man for his lil boy mistake i feel it was very wrong though and r.i.p to the victim

YES ,SUPPORT NATE TURNER

my personal mission is to get my whole family to go see this movie . I'm very thankful to you for making this true masterpiece ... unbelievably breathtaking movie my now all-time favorite!!! god bless you brother... bless you

Nat Turner is an important but underrated figure in American history. The movie should be judged on its own merits.

I will still go see this movie. I am happy that Nat Turner is finally getting his story told.

This story is tragic, but I do not think we should discuss sexual assault with The Birth of a Nation and Nate Turners legacy.

hell yes I'll support his movie!!!!!

Really!!! Just like Roland said a lot of us don't know the history of Nat Turner I would rather hear about my Black History more than hearing about something 17 years ago...Come on my I black people we have to do better. Stay on code...Why is this a topic anyway..

Could this film have been acquired for the express purpose to kill it? Controlled Opposition.

Roland I like and love you; so I say this in love..I think you are on point with many issues we face in our community, no doubt you are prepared with your facts; however when I look at you on your show, it would be nice to let people finish their thought patterns and sentences when THEY HAVE THE FLOOR, please stop cutting them off, its rude, disrespectful and truly annoying...

Yes, absolutely support the film for all of the reasons cited by the panelists. And since the conversation regarding the sexual assault case will take place around the country in front of and behind closed doors anyway, I like the suggestion the sista on the far right put forth to have Nate reinvest a portion of his earnings back into the community to foster a much needed dialogue around sexual assault in our communities as a show of good faith, sincere empathy and to make his apology more complete.

YES! SUPPORT HIM..................

y'all gonna have to hold this L

The irony of these women trying to get a falsely accused victim of a rape allegation to be an advocate on the integrity of women's claims of rape. While at the same time using the pressure of public opinion to force him to do something he has chose not to do willingly.

Roland, The women on your panel did themselves a huge injustice due to the fact that they did not allow anyone a chance to speak. It is was very hard to watch them constantly interrupt everytime anyone spoke. Complete failure.

Talking black sleeping white.

By the way, I WILL see this movie if GOD so Wills!!! IT"S ABOUT D**N TIME THAT WE SHOWED A FIGHTER!! Too many people think that we came here voluntarily and were happy about the way the European Collective treated us and did NOTHING about it. I know it will be difficult for me to watch, ONLY because of the Genetic Trauma involved, but I intend to suffer through it.

Please stop this Black people! Nate Parker has been a fairly accomplished actor for some time now, but his 20 year old ACQUITTED case magically comes up when he gets major backing to release a film about Nat Turner's Revolt and he's getting Oscar buzz for this film! 20 year old acquittal!...20 year old acquittal! All there needs to be for guilt in the public's eye is for there to be an accusation! What happens in court DOESN'T...EVEN...MATTER! If you're in court for it, you're guilty!

This comment section is disgusting. Calling these women names just because you don't agree with them, how immature and hateful.

All these people flapping they gums over unrelated issues concerning this film and playing right into the hands of those who want to see this film buried. GO SEE THE DAMN MOVIE. Stop this foolishness.Talk about a false flag. This incident happened 17 years ago! Even if he was found guilty, he'd have already served his time and been done with the whole matter. This is like double jeopardy, trying a man all over again for something he was acquitted over. Stop. This is a dumb argument to take attention away from the film, don't y'all see how this game is played?

"Two of the most powerful scenes in the movies deal with rape." Such irony. A film with a fictionalized interracial rape (Nat Turner never had a wife who was raped) while the movie star was accused of an interracial rape and his roommate convicted before having his conviction reversed with the DA electing not retry it when necessary witnesses could not be located. Then the movie omits the fact that Nat Turner and his men murdered 35 or more defenseless children, infants, and women--more than the white men they murdered. Why were the facts of his rebellion whitewashed?

iam going to support that movie period! !

black men's obsession for white women is coming back to haunt them. i will not support nate parker or his movie. good for him

We get convicted and there's no justice.we get acquitted and there's no justice

All these hoteps in the comments sounding eerily to the 'all lives matter' people.

She was devastated by the lie she told, period

Minority communities prioritize red herrings.... An acquitted man is being the determination of whether we watch a movie or not... Priceless...

Nate Parker did not make this movie by himself so we can not boycott this as a means to affect him directly. What we actually do by boycotting this film is we stop the future making of films that focus on Black Americans. Support this movie unless you also Boycotted all of his other projects within the last 17 years; every movie, every tv episode that he appeared in, and every project that he produced.

This man have been in several movies, why now, I know why because the message is powerful and theirs no white savior in the movie

This film and the issue of "rape culture" don't have any business being discussed together. We are saying the system doesn't work at all by connecting this to this film. We were not there, and we don't know if this was just a sexual encounter or not. If declared not guilty, we should respect that. Period. The two should be separate. This film is definitely one that should create discussion.

"Support"The Birth of a Black Nation!!! Yes, Yes, and H-ll yeah!!!!!

Some people just fall in the trap..this is so ridiculous, for this old issue to come up 17 years later after is movie is so successful! Black people do better!

he was found not guilty. they had a prior relationship. the other student was convicted because they didnt have a prior relationship. sounds to me like a 3sum gone wrong. dont let the devil tell u that now all of a sudden the MESSAGE of this film is somehow tainted and should not be heard and taught to our children just as ROOTS was a eye opener for us that was born in the 60's. my opinion.

I'll be there opening day to support my brotha! This whole conversation is bullshit.

I saw this movie and i took my son. We enjoyed it ! This case is so old and he was aqquitted, ppl need to stop and get a life! You cant stop what God has for this man.

I support the movie and actors. I been waiting for a Nat Turner movie. innocent till proven guilty

There should have been a woman on here who has personal history and can separate her personal trauma from facts and emotions. These women are not able to separate emotion and intelligence.

I'm still going to watch the movie.

I could have watched them talk about this for a whole hour so everyone could say what they needed to say and have a good debate. The fact of the matter with Birth of a Nation is that Nate Parker has already been paid and the only people who will hurt from lack of support is Fox Searchlight who only wanted to release a great film that would showcase a part of Black American History that isn't widely known. There are many other people that worked on this film who will be effected by a lack of support and as a result less Black films will be brought to us on a big stage like this film. There is nothing we can do to change the verdict of this case. Nate Parker can become an advocate for rape and consent if he chooses to but does not need to be required to. We can speculate and debate until the cows come home, but I don't think Nate Parker is the same man he was 17 years ago. I am going to see Birth of a Nation because I want to watch the story of Nat Turner brought to live and support a film with a large Black cast in hopes that more will continue to get made.

I swear you cannot have a conversation with black women in the room yelling and talking over you

As someone who has been a victim of sexual assault in my youth, I am sympathetic to anyone who has actually gone through such a difficult occurrence.....BUT, with that being said this is a ploy to stop a major historic event in Black history from being told. He was proven not guilty by a jury. How often does a jury let a Black man off scott free? He must've really had nothing incriminating that could have lead to any sort of guilty conviction. To my Black female feminists--stop falling for this trick! So many white male celebs have been found guilty of the same same things as Mr. Parker has been accused of and they aren't blackballed/blacklisted or attacked like Nate has been. Think about Charlie Sheen, Roman Polanski, and others--Mr. Polanski is was accused of sexually assaulting a little girl and had a warrant out for his arrest. Upon realizing this, he fled the U.S. for France and hasn't looked back since (also b/c France won't extradite him back to the U.S.). His work is still celebrated in Hollywood to this day and that happened in 1977. So to answer the original question, yes, my family and I will be supporting his film!

Black people are sometimes our own worst enemy... This man has did several films, and we magically need to bring his past up on this great film.

Yes, I will support the film. He was tried and found not guilty. It's sad the young lady committed suicide,yet, we do not know the entire story of this young lady's life. They are trying to take away from this powerful movie. He has been in several movies before, WHY NOW?

I support Nate Parker and every other black person in this nation should support him too because this movie is well overdue and I'm so proud that he made this movie

The thing that bothers me is this happened almost 20 years ago. I find it ironic that this case that he was acquitted on 17 years ago has surfaced as this film could be up for several major awards including the OSCARS. I don't know why people feel like this man who has kids a wife should relive a situation that has came with a verdict. It's not about Nate Parker it's about Nat Turner. It's not a person in this world that does not have a history behind them. I would not expect Nate Parker to beat himself up over this because when you do that people then believe that you're admitting your guilty. Rape is a serious offense as I have daughters of my own BUT to say I'm not going to support Nate Parker because of a trial 17 years ago that he was acquitted on is BS. I believe we find every reason not to suooort each other in the black community and this is proving it. One thing I will say is NATE PARKER you NEVER TURN DOWN OPRAH WINFREY'S advice. Like you said on the breakfast club you're a thousandaire she's a billionaire. Learn something from someone who has been in several history black movies, someone is established in the film and TV industry. I believe once black people realize everybody is not out to get you INCLUDING your own we will ok. To those 2 black women that were on the panel it was more about something they've been through and can't get over. The whole panel was not allowing anyone to talk and it's sad because important things could have been said. I will support the film because I'm from Norfolk VA raised in Suffolk and would like to know more about my history but I will also read any book that may speak on Nat Turner because just cause it says "based on a true story" does not make it all true.

I've no problems with calling the judicial system corrupt and racist. It is. and while it's not impossible for Blacks to get a just decision, it is still quite RARE. If Nate was charged with rape and found not guilty, I would like to know on what grounds people either agree or disagree with the verdict.

I will support his film can't wait. Nate Turner I love you my brother keep your head up.... Shalom

If you forgave R. Kelly...You can forgive this dude.

an accusation of rape or witnessing someone being murdered is not the same thing

Brother in the middle looking like "what?"

FOUND NOT GUILTY WHY IS THIS EVEN A DISCUSSION?

He was acquitted. Enough said.

Whatever the actor did in his personal life does not change the fact that nat turners story and message should live on there's something to be learned from this story for everyone. Dont let the media take you away from the larger picture.

This historical account has nothing to do with the accusation of rape against the director and lead actor Nate Parker. There should be no reason that this great depiction be minimized due to women feeling "revictimized" and slighted because of their own insecurities. Men get raped as well but I do not see anyone attaching that to this feminist "movement" to villainize and subsequently victimize Nate. We, as a people, need to be able to focus on and be aware of what is and is not going on and being said. This issue being a determining factor in supporting this work or not is disgusting. He was found NOT GUILTY. END OF DISCUSSION. This is about Nat Turner and understanding what HE went through, did and paved the way FOR US in. Support this work, not the ill-placed attached accusation of rape. If you want to be MAD about "rape culture" be MAD that all these slaves in HISTORY never got justice. Fight about THAT. Get MAD about THAT. Do something about THAT. Support this work. Support Nat Turner. SUPPORT TRUTH. MUAH!!!