University of Oklahoma alumnus and acclaimed filmmaker Nate Parker's comeback film "American Skin" has earned its first piece of hardware.
The drama received the Filming Italy Award for Best Film of the Sconfini Section Saturday at the Venice Film Festival, according to Deadline. One of the side prizes (as opposed to one of the main prizes), the Filming Italy Award was created by Tiziana Rocca to promote Italian cinema abroad and bring together different cultures. Although the film was shot in Los Angeles, it was backed by Eagle Pictures and was the first time an Italian company produced an entirely American film on the theme of racial injustice.