It is often the case that it takes even the best films of the festival circuit take a while to find themselves in cinemas across the world.
Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation is one such film, which will appear in UK cinemas on the 20th of Janunary 2017 – a full year after its Sundance debut. At this point in time it should have already appeared at the London Film Festival in October, and will be on its way to living up to the Oscar hype.
There’s a fantastic new trailer for the film out today and we present it for you below.
Synopsis
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.
Here’s your trailer,
