The group ‘F**k Rape Culture’ – which consists of artists, filmmakers, and women in Hollywood – will stage a silent sit-in for a local screening of Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation.
The Hollywood Reporter states the protest will take place at ArcLight Cinemas’ Hollywood location at 7PM on Thursday, 6 October; in response to the controversy surrounding a 1999 trial in which Nate Parker and Jean Celestin (who co-wrote The Birth of a Nation) were accused of raping an 18-year-old woman while unconscious, when studying at Penn State.
Parker recently appeared on 60 Minutes, the first interview since the scandal erupted; responding to Anderson Cooper’s question on the subject with, “I don’t feel guilty.
“While we have compassion for sexual-assault survivors and advocates who choose to not see the film, we do not personally support a boycott of Birth of a Nation,” stated Carol E. Tracy, executive director of the group.