The Birth of a Nation

(Fox Searchlight Pictures) Release Date: October 7, 2016 DVD Release Date: January 10, 2017 Director: Nate Parker Writer: Nate Parker Cast: Armie Hammer, Jackie Earle Haley, Gabrielle Union, Mark Boone Junior, Penelope Ann Miller, Aja Naomi King, Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis, Nate Parker, Katie Garfield Plot: 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. Genre: Drama IMDb: tt4196450