Nate Parker (Beyond the Lights, Non-Stop) made his big-screen debut in 2006, but a decade later, many moviegoers might need help picking him out of a lineup. However, that’s all about to change. The incredible The Birth of a Nation will launch Parker into the next tier of actors, directors, and screenwriters. I’ll be the first to say that I didn’t know who Parker was, but it might be time for me to go back and watch some of the movies on his filmography. Not only did Parker give an Oscar-worthy leading actor performance, but he also directed and wrote this film that, somehow, is flying under the radar. Parker knocked this movie out of the park. The 79% rating it receives on Rotten Tomatoes is quite respectable (especially for a film based on an actual event, but one that even Parker described as reality-based fiction). Still, I have yet to see any promotional materials for this movie. It opened the same weekend as Girl on the Train, which may have received as much publicity as any other movie released in 2016 so far.