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Ben Younger discusses Bleed for This
A boxer is determined to fight again after a near-fatal car
accident in Director Ben Younger's new biographical drama,
Bleed for This.
Younger's film tells the incredible and inspirational true
story of Vinny "The Pazmanian Devil" Pazienza, a junior
middleweight world champion boxer who was forced to
relinquish the title after breaking his neck in a serious car
accident and being told by his doctors that he might never
walk again, much less reenter the ring. Determined to regain
his crown, he and his trainer defied medical orders to make a
return to the sport he loved.
Following the November 5 DGA membership screening in
Los Angeles, Younger sat down with Director Ariel Vromen, to
discuss the making of Bleed for This.
Younger's other directing credits include the feature films Boiler
Room and Prime; the short films Toothpaste and The Car Thief
and the Hit Man; and an episode of the television series Army
Wives. Younger has been a DGA member since 1998.
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Photo: Directors Ariel Vromen (moderator) and Ben Younger
Nate Parker on The Birth of a Nation
A slave leads a historic rebellion in Director Nate Parker's
biographical drama, The Birth of a Nation.
Parker's film tells the incredible true story of Nat Turner
(also played by Parker), a slave on a Virginia plantation in
the early 1800s. Nat is taught to read so he can study the
Bible and preach obedience and mollification to subdue other
slaves. But when his owner takes him across the country
on a preaching tour in order to profit from his sermons, Nat
witnesses atrocities that cause him to orchestrate an uprising
in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.
Following the October 9 DGA membership screening in Los
Angeles, Parker sat down with Director Jeffrey W. Byrd to
discuss the making of The Birth of a Nation.
The Birth of a Nation is Parker's feature directorial debut. His
other directing credits are the short films #AmeriCan and
J.A.W.
Parker became a DGA member in 2015.
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Photo: Directors Jeffrey W. Byrd (moderator) and Nate Parker
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