THE BIRTH OF A NATION: Full HD Movie Trailer

The Birth of a Nation is a 2016 American period drama film based on the story of Nat Turner, the enslaved man who led a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia in 1831. The film is co-written, co-produced and directed by Nate Parker (in his directorial debut) and stars Parker as Nat Turner, with Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King, Jackie Earle Haley, Penelope Ann Miller and Gabrielle Union in supporting roles. Parker also petitioned financiers to invest in the film, ultimately getting a $10 million production budget and started filming in May 2015 in Georgia.

The film premiered in competition at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2016. Fox Searchlight Pictures bought worldwide rights to the film in a $17.5 million deal, the largest deal at the film festival to date. At the end of the festival, it won the Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Dramatic Competition and was highly praised for its directing, acting, soundtrack and cinematography. The film will be theatrically released in the United States on October 7, 2016 by Fox Searchlight Pictures.
Cast[edit]
Nate Parker as Nat Turner
Armie Hammer as Samuel Turner
Mark Boone Junior as Rev. Walthall
Colman Domingo as Hark Turner
Aunjanue Ellis as Nancy Turner
Dwight Henry
Aja Naomi King as Cherry
Esther Scott as Bridget Turner
Roger Guenveur Smith as Isaiah
Gabrielle Union as Esther
Penelope Ann Miller as Elizabeth Turner
Jackie Earle Haley as Raymond Cobb
Tony Espinosa as young Nat
Jayson Warner Smith as Hank Fowler
Jason Stuart as Joseph Randall
Steve Coulter as General Childs