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The Birth of a Nation

The Untold Story of Nat Turner

2016★ 6.5 · 5782h 0mDrama

Overview

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.

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Cast

Colman Domingo
as Hark

Gabrielle Union
as Esther

Jackie Earle Haley
as Raymond Cobb

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
as Nancy Turner

Armie Hammer
as Samuel Turner

Mark Boone Junior
as Reverend Zalthall

Penelope Ann Miller
as Elizabeth Turner

Steve Coulter
as General Childs

Kelvin Harrison Jr.
as Simon

Aja Naomi King
as Cherry

Nate Parker
as Nat Turner

Esther Scott
as Bridget Turner

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Release date: 2016-09-09

Budget: $8,500,000

Revenue: $15,861,566

Runtime: 2h 0m

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Drama

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