Release Date
October 7, 2016
DVD Release Date
January 10, 2017 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Nate Parker
Writer
Nate Parker
Cast
Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Penelope Ann Miller, Jackie Earle Haley, Mark Boone Jr., Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis, Dwight Henry, Aja Naomi King, Esther Scott, Roger Guenveur Smith, Gabrielle Union
Studio
Running Time
120 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for disturbing violent content, and some brief nudity
Set against the antebellum South, "The Birth of a Nation follows Nat Turner," a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner, 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.... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
What if The Birth of a Nation wasn’t the best movie of the year? The movie that has been the buzz of Hollywood ever since it debuted in January at the Sundance Film Festival (and then buzzed about for an entirely different reason come revelations about director/star Nate Parker’s rape allegations) is a very good and at times powerful depiction of slavery--and one slave in particular who decided to say fuck-you to his white overloads. But it’s not that good.
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