The Birth of a Nation

Set in the American South, we follow a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner accepts an offer to use the slave’s preaching to subdue other unruly slaves. As he witnesses countless atrocities, against himself and his fellow slaves, the preacher orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom. The film has won several awards and nominations.

120 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Violence, Prejudice).
Biographical, Drama, Period piece, On the art circuit

Showtimes

What goes around....

Credits

Cast	Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Penelope Ann Miller, Jackie Earle Haley, Mark Boone Junior, Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis
Director	Nate Parker
Screenplay	Nate Parker, Jean McGianni Celestin
Music	Henry Jackman
Cinematography	Elliot Davis
Editing	Steven Rosenblum
Sound formats
Soundtrack	Available
SA distributor	Times Media Films
Made in	2016
Produced by	Bron Studios, Creative Wealth Media Finance, Follow Through Productions, Hit 55 Ventures, Infinity United Entertainment, Juniper Productions, Mandalay Pictures, Novofam Productions, Oster Media, Phantom Four, Point Made Films, Tiny Giant Entertainment

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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 17 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Helen Herimbe [His]story.	10
Die Burger Marthinus Koekemoer Nie net 'n Hollywood-storie.. vat die konteks van 1800 vas.	10
Cape Times Unknown	15
ScreenIt Jim Judy It’s decent, especially as a vigilante style flick (and the tech credits are solid), but as a look back at a pivotal moment in race relations in our country, it just didn’t feel as powerful to me as it could and should have.	12
Metacritic.com 49 critics	14
Rottentomatoes critics 210 critics	14
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The Birth of a Nation overpowers its narrative flaws and uneven execution through sheer conviction, rising on Nate Parker’s assured direction and the strength of its vital message.	14
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	13
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Stirring, provocative, flawed, bloody slave-revolt story.	15
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 80 users	11
Rottentomatoes users 13717 users	14
Internet 8537 Netizens A film that wallows in the shadow of it’s story and never really escapes it.	12
Average .. 64%	13