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The Birth of a Nation (2016)

The Birth of a Nation (2016)

R 120 minutes EN Drama
The Untold Story of Nat Turner
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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Nate Parker
Nate Parker
Nat Turner
Armie Hammer
Armie Hammer
Samuel Turner
Aja Naomi King
Aja Naomi King
Cherry
Jackie Earle Haley
Jackie Earle Haley
Raymond Cobb
Penelope Ann Miller
Penelope Ann Miller
Elizabeth Turner
Gabrielle Union
Gabrielle Union
Esther
Mark Boone Junior
Mark Boone Junior
Reverend Zalthall
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Nancy Turner
Dwight Henry
Dwight Henry
Isaac Turner
Esther Scott
Esther Scott
Bridget Turner
Roger Guenveur Smith
Roger Guenveur Smith
Isaiah
Jeryl Prescott
Jeryl Prescott
Janice
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Production crew

Steven Rosenblum
Editor
Henry Jackman
Original Music Composer
Elliot Davis
Director of Photography
Geoffrey Kirkland
Production Design
James Edward Ferrell Jr.
Set Decoration
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck
Costume Design
Mac Smith
Supervising Sound Editor
Nate Parker
Producer
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Official website: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/thebirthofanation/
Production companies: Tiny Giant Entertainment, Bron Studios, Mandalay Pictures, Phantom Four, Novofam Productions, Follow Through Productions, Infinity Entertainment, Oster Media, Point Made Films, Juniper Productions, Argent Pictures, Hit 55 Ventures, Creative Wealth Media Finance, TSG Entertainment
Production countries: Canada, United States of America
Budget: $8,500,000
Revenue: $15,861,566

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R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.)

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