The Birth of a Nation

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• 69   Metascore
• 2016
• 2 hr 0 mins
• Documentary, Drama
• R

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Set against the antebellum South, "The Birth of a Nation" follows Nat Turner (Nate Parker), a literate slave and preacher whose financially-strained owner, Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer), 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.