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The Birth of a Nation

Year
2016
Director
Nate Parker
Runtime
120 min
Genre
Drama
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Synopsis

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.

Festival record

  • LFF 16
  • VEN 16

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Cast

  • Nate ParkerNat Turner
  • Armie HammerSamuel Turner
  • Aja Naomi KingCherry
  • Jackie Earle HaleyRaymond Cobb
  • Penelope Ann MillerElizabeth Turner
  • Gabrielle UnionEsther
  • Mark Boone JuniorReverend Zalthall
  • Aunjanue Ellis-TaylorNancy Turner
  • Dwight HenryIsaac Turner
  • Esther ScottBridget Turner

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