Reserve Result.

Set against the antebellum South, THE BIRTH OF A NATION follows Nat Turner [Nate Parker] — a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner — Samuel Turner [Armie Hammer], accepts an offer to use Nat’s 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.