The Birth of a nation DVD 2016 Egy nemzet születése / Directed by Nate Parker / Starring: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Colman Domingo, Aja Naomi King, Jackie Earle Haley

UPC 8590548613319

MADE IN HUNGARY

REGION 2 PAL DVD

AUDIO: English 5,1 Hungarian 5.1, Czech 5.1, Polish 5.1

SUBTITLES: English, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Czech, Greek, Hebrew, Croatian, Icelandic, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovakian, Slovenian

TOTAL RUNTIME: 115 MINUTES

English Summary:

The Birth of a Nation is a 2016 American period drama film based on the story of Nat Turner, the enslaved man who led a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831. Co-written, co-produced and directed by Nate Parker (in his directorial debut), the film stars Parker as Turner, with Armie Hammer, Mark Boone Junior, Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis, Aja Naomi King, Dwight Henry, Jackie Earle Haley, Esther Scott, Penelope Ann Miller, Roger Guenveur Smith, and Gabrielle Union in supporting roles. Parker also petitioned financiers to invest in the film, ultimately getting an $8.5 million production budget, and started filming in May 2015 in Georgia.

In 1809, on a farm in Southampton County, Virginia, Nat Turner is a pre-teen slave boy. There is not enough food for all children and Nat's father Isaac notices that Nat is starving, so one night he slips out to steal some food. On the road, Isaac is caught by a posse led by Raymond Cobb. When Cobb tries to execute him, Isaac turns the tables, kills one member of the posse and flees. He then returns home, tells his family what happened and says that he has to leave the family immediately, but not without speaking to Nat once more, insisting that Nat is "a child of God" and has a purpose. When Cobb arrives and questions Isaac's family about his whereabouts, nobody says anything and Benjamin Turner, the owner of the farm, intervenes before Cobb turns violent.

When Elizabeth Turner, Benjamin's wife, notices that Nat has basic reading skills, she starts to teach him reading, hoping that he can be helpful in the household with his knowledge. The lessons center on the Bible. Elizabeth even goes so far as to have Nat read scripture during church gatherings. But shortly before Benjamin dies, presumably of tuberculosis, he decides that Nat will not continue his education but will instead work as a farmhand.

Now an adult, Nat is still picking cotton, but he also preaches and reads scripture for his fellow slaves on the farm. Samuel Turner, Benjamin's son, has become the head of the farm. During a slave auction, Nat is immediately smitten by one of the female slaves for sale, Cherry. He convinces Samuel to buy her as a wedding gift for Catherine Turner, Samuel's sister. Nat and Cherry fall in love, marry, and conceive a daughter.

Hungarian Summary:

1831-et írunk. Nat Turner csupán egy afroamerikai a sok közül, akik rabszolgaként töltik életüket Virginiában. Samuel Turner, a gazda és Raymond Cobb rabszolgahajcsár felügyelete alatt keményen dolgozik, viszont minden egyes nap újabb és újabb sérelmek érik. Végül egy Walthall nevű prédikátor segítségével Nat Turner fellázad és fellázít minden egyes színesbőrű rabszolgát, hogy együtt, összefogva eltöröljék a rabszolgatartást Amerikában.

Cast / Szereplők:

Nate Parker as Nat Turner
Armie Hammer as Samuel Turner
Mark Boone Junior as Rev. Walthall
Colman Domingo as Hark Turner
Aunjanue Ellis as Nancy Turner
Dwight Henry as Isaac Turner
Aja Naomi King as Cherry Turner
Esther Scott as Bridget Turner
Roger Guenveur Smith as Isaiah
Gabrielle Union as Esther
Penelope Ann Miller as Elizabeth Turner
Jackie Earle Haley as Raymond Cobb
Tony Espinosa as young Nat Turner
Jayson Warner Smith as Hank Fowler
Jason Stuart as Joseph Randall
Steve Coulter as General Childs