Sundance red carpet photos: Nate Parker writes, directs and stars in 'The Birth of a Nation'

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Nate Parker's "The Birth of a Nation" made its premiere Monday, Jan. 25, at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in Park City. Parker ("Beyond the Lights") wrote, directed and stars as Nat Turner, the freed black who led a slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831. The supporting cast includes Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King, Jackie Earle Haley, Gabrielle Union and Mark Boone Junior; part of the U.S. Dramatic competition.