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player ready...Capping a historic week at the Sundance Film Festival, Nate Parker’s slave-rebellion drama ?”The Birth of a Nation” took both the grand jury and audience prizes in the U.S. Dramatic competition at the Sundance Film Festival Saturday night.
The movie’s big wins came after an effusive set of screenings in Park City and a $17.5-million acquisition by Fox Searchlight — and offered a riposte to an Oscar shortlist that overlooked black talent.
“Thank you, Sundance, for creating a platform for us to grow in spite of what the rest of Hollywood is doing sometimes,” Parker said in accepting the grand jury prize.