{"id":75720,"date":"2016-05-17T09:48:24","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T09:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2016\/05\/17\/poster-to-nate-parkers-the-birth-of-a-nation\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T03:03:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:03:34","slug":"poster-to-nate-parkers-the-birth-of-a-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/poster-to-nate-parkers-the-birth-of-a-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Poster To Nate Parker’s The Birth Of A Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poster To Nate Parker’s The Birth Of A Nation <\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

May 17, 2016<\/p>\n

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Fox Searchlight Pictures has released the poster to writer, director, producer and star Nate Parker\u2019s<\/strong> powerful slave drama The Birth of a Nation, <\/strong>which hits theaters nationwide on October 7, 2016.<\/p>\n

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Dramatic Competition.<\/p>\n

The film stars Parker, Armie Hammer, Penelope Ann Miller, Jackie Earle Haley, Mark Boone Jr., Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis, Dwight Henry, Aja Naomi King, Esther Scott, Roger Guenveur Smith<\/strong> and Gabrielle Union<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

\"Birth<\/a>The Birth of a Nation<\/strong> is a Bron Studios, Phantom Four, Mandalay Pictures and Tiny Giant Productions production and produced by Parker, Kevin Turen, Jason Michael Berman, Aaron L. Gilbert and Preston L. Holmes with David S. Goyer, Michael Novogratz, Michael Finley, Tony Parker, Jason Cloth, Andy Pollack, Allan J. Stitt, Jane Oster, Barb Lee, Carl H. Lindner III, Derrick Brooks, Jill And Ryan Ahrens, Armin Tehrany, Edward Zwick and Mark Moran serving as executive producers.<\/p>\n