The Birth of a Nation (2016)

Release date: 2016-10-07
Country: USA|Canada
Language: English
Director: Nate Parker
Production Co: BRON Studios, Creative Wealth Media Finance, Follow Through Productions
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Rating: 6.4/10
Length: 2h

Storyline

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.