'Birth of a Nation' 星／主役にする Parker 避けるs 強姦 事例／患者 question in Toronto
By Piya Sinha-Roy
TORONTO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Nate Parker, the 星／主役にする and director of slavery historical 演劇 "The Birth of a Nation," 避けるd a question on Sunday about whether he should have わびるd to his accuser in a 17-year-old 強姦 事例／患者, 説 he did not want to "ハイジャック（する）" attention from the film at the Toronto International Film Festival.
"This is a 会議 for the film, this is a 会議 for the other people that are sitting on this 行う／開催する／段階. It's not 地雷, I don't own it, it's not on me," said Parker, who was joined by the cast of his film at a news 会議／協議会 at the festival.
"I definitely don't want to ハイジャック（する） this with my personal life. I do want to make sure that we are 栄誉（を受ける）ing this film."
It is the second time in two days that Parker has deflected questions about his 2001 裁判，公判 and 無罪放免 on 強姦 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s that have 支配するd conversation around the film in 最近の weeks.
During a TV interview with Reuters on Saturday, Parker was asked about why he felt it was important to have 演説（する）／住所d the 強姦 事例／患者 while discussing the film in interviews last month. His 返答 took the conversation 支援する to the film about slave preacher Nat Turner.
"The Birth of a Nation," based on the true events of Turner 主要な a 反乱 for slave 解放 in Virginia in 1831, wowed audiences at the Sundance Film Festival in January and was seen as a strong 2017 Oscar 競争相手.
But the 論争 over the 強姦 事例／患者 has the 可能性のある to 影響する／感情 the film's marketing and 危険にさらす its awards season 控訴，上告.
Fox サーチライト, the studio that bought the film for a Sundance 記録，記録的な／記録する of $17.5 million, is a savvy awards season 選挙運動者 with a few 最近の best picture Oscars to its 指名する.
The film, out in U.S. theaters on Oct. 7, was 審査するd in Toronto on Friday night at a red carpet 首相, where no ビデオ cameras were 許すd and 安全 was tight.
The event went off without problems and Parker received a standing ovation. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by 法案 Trott)
