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The Birth of a Nation is set against the antebellum South and centers around Nat Turner (Nate Parker), a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer – The Social Network), 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.
Parker, directing and writing the screenplay, based on his own story co-written with Jean McGianni Celestin, the film also stars Jackie Earle Haley, Gabrielle Union, Mark Boone Junior, Penelope Ann Miller, Elizabeth Turner and Aja Naomi King. However, despite its epic structure, it’s one that does nothing for me, so I’ll be giving it a miss.
Entirely separate from DW Griffith‘s 1915 epic of the same name, The Birth of a Nation is released in the UK on January 20th 2017, although the US get it much earlier on October 7th this year.
Check out the trailer below and click on the above image for the full-size version:
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