Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who hasn’t yet seen The Birth of a Nation, has said that it is “important” that people “enjoy the film” and be “impressed” by it.
“The important thing is for people to see it and enjoy the film, be impressed by the film.
The Birth of a Nation received a standing ovation before it screened at Sundance, and went on to be bought by Fox Searchlight for a record $17.5 million.
Boone Isaacs told TMZ she hadn’t yet seen The Birth of a Nation, but “I know just by the conversation that has gone on at Sundance that it’s clearly a movie that filmgoers should go and see.”