Watch Movies | The birth of a nation

Director: Nate Parker

Writers: Jean McGianni Celestin (story by), Nate Parker (screenplay)

Stars: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Mark Boone Junior

Run-time: 2h

Genre: Biography, Drama

Language: English

Release date: Friday, October 7, 2016

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.