Who's Involved:
Release Date:
Friday, October 7, 2016 Nationwide
disturbing violent content, and some brief nudity
Plot: What's the story about?
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.
official plot version from foxsearchlight.com
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Who stars in The Birth of a Nation: Cast List
Nate Parker ... Nat Turner
Eden, Red Tails
Armie Hammer ... Samuel Turner
The Social Network, Crisis
Space Cadet, Strange World
Aunjanue Ellis ... Nancy Turner
Ray, Freedomland
Aja Naomi King ... Cherry
Lessons in Chemistry (series), Four
Penelope Ann Miller ... Elizabeth Turner
Reagan, Flipped
Dark Shadows, Lincoln
The Wolf Who Cried Boy
Till
Who's making The Birth of a Nation: Crew List
A look at the The Birth of a Nation behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's writer Nate Parker last wrote Predilection.
Director
Screenwriter
Producers
Jason Michael BermanAaron L. Gilbert
Preston L. Holmes
Nate Parker
Kevin Turen
Companies
Production Company
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Production: What we know about The Birth of a Nation?
Filming Timeline
- 2016 - January: The film was set to Completed status.
Fox Searchlight is wrapping up a deal to pay around $17.5 million to acquire rights for The Birth Of A Nation.
- 2015 - May: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
The Birth of a Nation Release Date: When was the film released?
The Birth of a Nation was a Nationwide release in 2016 on Friday, October 7, 2016. There were 16 other movies released on the same date, including The Girl on the Train, Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life and The Late Bloomer.
The Birth of a Nation DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?
The Birth of a Nation was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 .