Title:
The birth of a nation / directed by Nate Parker ; screenplay by Nate Parker ; story by Nate Parker & Jean McGianni Celestin ; produced by Nate Parker, Kevin Turen, Jason Michael Berman, Aaron L. Gilbert, Preston L. Holmes ; a Fox Searchlight Pictures presentation ; a Bron Studios, Phantom Four, Mandalay Pictures, Tiny Giant Productions production ; a film by Nate Parker.
Author:
Turen, Kevin, 1979- film producer.
Parker, Nate, 1979- film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer.
Berman, Jason Michael, film producer.
Gilbert, Aaron L., film producer.
Holmes, Preston, film producer.
McGianni Celestin, Jean, screenwriter.
Hammer, Armie, 1986- actor.
Miller, Penelope Ann, actor.
Haley, Jackie Earle, 1961- actor.
Boone, Mark, Jr., actor.
Domingo, Colman, actor.
Union, Gabrielle, actor.
Henry, Dwight, actor.
Ellis, Aunjanue, actor.
King, Aja Naomi, actor.
Scott, Esther, 1957- actor.
Smith, Roger Guenveur, actor.
Jackman, Henry (Henry Pryce), composer (expression)
Rosenblum, Steven, editor of moving image work.
Davis, Elliot, 1948- director of photography.
Fox Searchlight Pictures, presenter.
Bron Studios, production company.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., publisher.
Publication Information:
Beverly Hills, California : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2017]
Call Number:
PN1997.2 .B57 2017
Abstract:
Nat Turner is a literate American slave and preacher. His financially strained owner accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. But as Nat witnesses countless atrocities, he orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.
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Container of (work) : Birth of a nation (Motion picture : 2016)
Container of (expression) : Birth of a nation (Motion picture : 2016). French.
Container of (expression) : Birth of a nation (Motion picture : 2016). Spanish.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.
Widescreen (2.40:1).
Special features: Rise up: The legacy of Nat Turner; feature commentary by Nate Parker; gallery.
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Rating: R; for disturbing violent content, and some brief nudity CHV rating: 14A.
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