The Birth of a Nation (2016)

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.

Directed by: Nate Parker

Cast: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King, Jackie Earle Haley, Penelope Ann Miller, Gabrielle Union, Mark Boone Junior, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Dwight Henry, Esther Scott, Roger Guenveur Smith, Jeryl Prescott

Genres: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, War

Rating: 7.6/10

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