Nate Parker (born November 18, 1979) [1 ] is an American actor and filmmaker. He has appeared in Beyond the Lights, Red Tails, The Secret Life of Bees, The Great Debaters, Arbitrage, Non-Stop, Felon, and Pride. [2 ]
However, in August 2016, Parker's trial and acquittal for the 1999 rape of a fellow student at Pennsylvania State University became a subject of fierce debate that threatened to overshadow the film, which itself featured a rape scene…