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The Birth of a Nation

The Untold Story of Nat Turner

2016 · 2h 0m · 6.6 on TMDB

R

Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia that results in a violent retaliation from whites.

Cast

Nate Parker
Nat Turner
Armie Hammer
Samuel Turner
Aja Naomi King
Cherry
Jackie Earle Haley
Raymond Cobb

Penelope Ann Miller

Penelope Ann Miller

Elizabeth Turner

Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Union

Esther

Mark Boone Junior

Mark Boone Junior

Reverend Zalthall

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Nancy Turner

Dwight Henry

Dwight Henry

Isaac Turner

Esther Scott

Esther Scott

Bridget Turner

Roger Guenveur Smith

Roger Guenveur Smith

Isaiah

Jeryl Prescott

Jeryl Prescott

Janice

Awards

Grand Jury Prize · 2016Sundance
Audience Award · 2016Sundance

Production

Tiny Giant Entertainment Bron Studios Mandalay Pictures Phantom Four

Directed by

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Released: September 9, 2016
Budget: $8.5M
Box office: $15.9M

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