Nate Parker

The magazine used to be a little riskier in its selections. True, the results could be kind of hit or miss. There are a lot of up-and-comers this year worthy of a shout-out. Might some of them end up being the Skeet Ulrich or Fairuza Balk of 2016? Sure. But at least we're trying ...

The Birth of a Nation, a drama about a 19th century slave revolt in Virginia, swept top prizes at the Sundance Film Festival on January 30. Dual awards mark a major victory for filmmaker Nate Parker, who wrote and directed the movie about Nat Turner, who led a slave rebellion in 1831

The magazine used to be a little riskier in its selections. True, the results could be kind of hit or miss. There are a lot of up-and-comers this year worthy of a shout-out. Might some of them end up being the Skeet Ulrich or Fairuza Balk of 2016? Sure. But at least we're trying ...

The Birth of a Nation, a drama about a 19th century slave revolt in Virginia, swept top prizes at the Sundance Film Festival on January 30. Dual awards mark a major victory for filmmaker Nate Parker, who wrote and directed the movie about Nat Turner, who led a slave rebellion in 1831