Birth of a Nation Controversy

Video posted October 7, 2016 in Centre County Report by Centre County Report

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Nate Parker's new historic film "Birth of a Nation" tells the story of Nat Turner, a man who led a slave rebellion in 1831. But Parker's film drew a lot of controversial buzz as a rape case resurfaced from his time as a student at Penn State. Reporter Rasha Guerrier has more. 

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Rasha Guerrier

Senior / Broadcast Journalism

Rasha Guerrier is a current Senior at The Pennsylvania State University graduating a semester early in December 2016. With a current major in Broadcast Journalism, her career interests are to become a feature reporter at a news radio or television station covering news packages, feature stories, and multimedia work in documentary storytelling.