Kevin Durant praises ‘The Birth of a Nation,’ calls for change

The movie, scheduled to open Oct. 7 in more than 1,500 theaters, tells the story of the slave revolt Nat Turner led in Virginia in 1831. Nate Parker, who directed and starred in the film, spoke to the team at Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland about his motivations for making "The Birth of a Nation." Several Golden State players later took to social media to laud the movie, which is considered an Oscar contender. Got a chance to hear Nate speak and share the reason of what inspired him to make the movie and the history. Durant posted a lengthy message to Twitter in which he praised the movie's "deeper message about the systematic struggles we all go through today" and wrote, Change needs to happen.