在週五晚上的多倫多國際電影節上，納特·帕克（Nate Parker）的《一個國家的誕生》（the Birth of a Nation）連續兩次上映，兩位觀眾都起立鼓掌。觀眾們觀看了《避雷針》自聖丹斯首映以來的首次電影節放映，還有編劇、導演、製片人、影星奈特·帕克及其17名演員和劇組成員，他們和他一起上臺參加了電影后期問答；一個會話。

在晚上9點的節目中，問題和答案都顯得漫無目的——一位觀眾花了至少3分鐘的時間問，“白人能做些什麼來幫助支援有色人種呢？”作為回報，她得到了《出生》聯合主演阿米·哈默（Armie Hammer）漫無目的、並不完全相關的回答。另一方面，共同主演加布裡艾爾·尤尼恩為舊金山49人隊四分衛Colin Kaepernick辯護，以及在足球比賽期間在國歌中的**，引起了熱烈的掌聲。不過，談到這部電影時，與之交談的演員和劇組成員都在傳遞一些資訊，在帕克大學**案再次被質疑後，他們為帕克辯護，稱他是一個好人，是一個慷慨的導演，而在談話中，帕克並沒有被直接提及。

但帕克的一個問題得到了特別直接和有力的回答。一位聽眾問帕克，“在當前總統選舉和黑人生命物質運動的背景下”，他希望《國家的誕生》向聽眾傳達什麼資訊

Someone asked me once, "What do you think the difference is between the civil-rights movement of old, and the current civil-rights movement?" And I had to think about it. What I came out with was, they were willing to die for the change they wanted to see. I look at the story of Nat Turner — I don’t look at someone that sacrificed for a future he’d be able to enjoy. He gave his life for future generati***… Nat Turner had an axe, broom handles, that’s all he had. We have much more powerful tools. So I think we should all look at this story, in the sense that this was one person who stood against a system that was oppressing people. And if we can relate to that in 2016, we must ask ourselves, what are we willing to give up? What are we willing to sacrifice for what we want our children, and our children’s children, to enjoy?

There’s this quote, the Bible says "A good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children." And so often, in this very lenient society, we don’t think that with every breath we take, we’re getting closer to the end of our lives. So it’s about what we leave for our children’s children… What do you see in your community that’s unjust, and what are you willing to do to stand against that thing? Whether it be voting — we have a big, massive voting drive — whether it be [dealing with] that person that may not be the most kind in his words when it comes to racial sensitivity, or whatever it is. I think we all have to look to ourselves to see what we can be changing, in terms of moving forward. What do we require of ourselves? And I’d love to get answers from other people, but I think that the first question has to be internal. What can we do to affect the kind of change we want to see, and how can we be that change?

現在電影周圍的很多對話似乎都是預先準備好的談話點和偏離，反覆不斷，變化不大(帕克是個好人，除了帕克，很多人都在這部電影裡工作，我們只是很榮幸來到這裡。）所以，直接回到電影相關的內容上，找到一個話題，帕克似乎不僅立場堅定，而且準備以個人信念的力量發言，這確實是一種解脫。看到他反映出他目前戰鬥之外的更大問題，這是一種解脫。目前還不清楚，一場國家對話的誕生是否會完全回到電影本身的角度，但這至少讓人覺得這是向前邁出的一個有益的一步。