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Resurrected rape allegations derail an Oscar favorite

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2016 file photo, Nate Parker arrives at the Sundance "Night Before Next" benefit in Los Angeles. The upcoming film, “The Birth of a Nation,” co-written, directed and starring Parker, has been celebrated as an urgent film for both an America roiled by protest over racial equality, and for Hollywood, which is still dealing with a diversity crisis. But the newfound attention on Parker has dredged up a rape allegation made against him in 1999 when he was a student and wrestler at Penn State University. Parker was acquitted in the case. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK (AP) — "Festival fever" is the name the film industry gives to the inflated reception a movie can experience at a festival, where exuberant audiences and the competition of negotiations can ratchet up a film's hype and price tag. But what can appear a surefire hit in the mountains of Sundance can turn into an expensive headache on the way to theaters.




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