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The film stars Parker as Turner, with Armie Hammer, Mark Boone Jr., Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis, Dwight Henry, Aja Naomi King, Esther Scott, Roger Guenveur Smith, Gabrielle Union, Penelope Ann Miller, and Jackie Earle Haley in supporting roles.
- $16.8 million
- Henry Jackman
- $8.5 million
Oct 7, 2016 · The Birth of a Nation: Directed by Nate Parker. With Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Penelope Ann Miller, Jackie Earle Haley. Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.
- Nate Parker
- 3 min
Set against the antebellum South, The Birth of a Nation follows Nat Turner, a literate slave preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner, accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to suppress the supposed unruly slaves of multiple southern plantations for profit.
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The Birth of a Nation, landmark silent film starring Lillian Gish, released in 1915, that was the first blockbuster Hollywood hit. It was the longest and most-profitable film then produced and the most artistically advanced film of its day.
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Rated: 2/4 • Apr 11, 2022. Nat Turner is an enslaved Baptist preacher who lives on a Virginia plantation owned by Samuel Turner. With rumors of insurrection in the air, a cleric convinces Samuel ...
