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The Birth of a Nation

Name: The Birth of a Nation
Director: Nate Parker
Genre: Drama
Released: 2016-09-09
Cast: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King, Jackie Earle Haley, Penelope Ann Miller

Drama

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 ParkerArmie HammerAja Naomi KingJackie Earle HaleyPenelope Ann MillerGabrielle UnionMark Boone JuniorAunjanue Ellis-TaylorDwight HenryEsther ScottRoger Guenveur SmithJeryl Prescott

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Nate Parker

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