Director Nate Parker
Genre Biography | Drama
Cast Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Mark Boone Junior, Colman Domingo
Rating R
Release Date October 7th, 2016
“Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.”
“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. ”