The Birth of a Nation (2016)
The Birth of a Nation is a 2016 drama movie directed by Nate Parker, with a running time of 2h. It stars Nate Parker, Armie Hammer and Aja Naomi King.
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
- Nate Parker as Nat Turner
- Armie Hammer as Samuel Turner
- Aja Naomi King as Cherry
- Jackie Earle Haley as Raymond Cobb
- Penelope Ann Miller as Elizabeth Turner
- Gabrielle Union as Esther
- Mark Boone Junior as Reverend Zalthall
- Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Nancy Turner
- Dwight Henry as Isaac Turner
- Esther Scott as Bridget Turner
- Roger Guenveur Smith as Isaiah
- Jeryl Prescott as Janice
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