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Spike Lee Defends Nate Parker at Debut of Parker's New Film

Spike Lee Defends Nate Parker at Debut of Parker's New Film

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Sep 05, 2019
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Pilmmaker Spike Lee defended actor and filmmaker Nate Parker during the Venice Film Festival, where Parker debuted his latest film.

During a press conference at the festival, Parker, 39, addressed a rape allegation dating from 1999, IndieWire reported. When he was a sophomore at Penn State University, he and his roommate Jean Celestin, who co-wrote the s…

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