Fox Searchlight has released a motion poster or living poster as they call
it, for this year's Sundance sensation, The Birth of a Nation. Written,
produced, directed, and starred by Nate Parker ("Beyond the Lights"),
the drama tells the true story of Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher who
used to "calm" other slaves, and who ended up leading a violent
uprising that sent shockwaves throughout America.
Opening in theaters on October 7, The Birth of a Nation also stars Armie
Hammer, Jackie Earl Haley, Aja Naomi King, Penelope Ann Miller, Aunjane Ellis,
Mark Boone Jr., Colman Domingo, Dwight Henry, Esther Scott, Gabrielle Union,
and Roger Guenveur Smith.
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.
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