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AFI cancels 'Birth of a Nation' screening after Nate Parker controversy. Will others in Hollywood follow suit?

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With "The Birth of a Nation" director Nate Parker in the headlines over his 2001 rape trial, at least one Hollywood institution has decided to step away from the period tale, raising questions about the film's larger marketing campaign and ultimate viability as an Oscar contender.
The American Film Institute late Tuesday canceled a screening of "Birth” scheduled for Friday. It was the first strike against the period slavery tale since accounts of Parker's trial, in which he was acquitted, resurfaced with new details (including that his accuser committed suicide in 2012) in the past two weeks.
"Birth," which Parker directed, co-wrote and stars in, has been an Oscar front-runner since premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in January. The story of the Nat Turner slave revolt received solid reviews and captured the zeitgeist at a moment when Hollywood has been under fire for a lack of diversity in its ranks.
AFI's decision might have set a precedent of sorts for other organizations, and new dominoes could soon fall.

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In an internal note run by several Hollywood trade publications, the school's dean, Jan Schuette, said that more information was needed before the event could move forward.
“I have been the recipient of many different passionate points of view about the screening, and I believe it is essential that we discuss these issues together — messenger and message, gender, race and more — before we see the film," he said in the note.