The Birth of a Nation
Category:
Biography, Drama
Release date:
7 October 2016
Duration:
0 hours 1 minutes
Director:
Nate Parker
Actors:
Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, and Mark Boone Junior
Age restriction:
Rated R for disturbing violent content, and some brief nudity

The Plot

Set against the antebellum South, THE BIRTH OF A NATION follows Nat Turner (Nate Parker), a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer), accepts an offer to use Nat’s preaching to subdue unruly slaves. As he witnesses countless atrocities – against himself and his fellow slaves – Nat orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom. Written by Fox Searchlight Pictures