Ukuzalwa kweSizwe ngumboniso bhanyabhanya otshayele iSundance. Umsebenzi kaNate Parker wakhethwa njengowona mnyhadala kwaye iFox Searchlight yahlawula i-17,5 yezigidi zeedola. Libali elinesibindi kwaye ndikushiya apha kwinqwelwana.
UNat Turner yinkwenkwe yekhoboka efundiswe ukulesa ukuze ifunde iBhayibhile ize ngaloo ndlela ibe ngumshumayeli kwamanye amakhoboka. Xa umfundisi-ntsapho kaTurner emthatha ejikeleza ilizwe kukhenketho lokushumayela, esebenzisa ithuba lokushumayela kwakhe, uTurner uqala ukubona ububanzi bobukhoboka aze agqibe ekubeni abe yinkokeli eyahlukileyo.
Lo mboniso bhanyabhanya uza kukhutshwa eMelika nge-7 kaOkthobha. Ekuhanjisweni kwayo kuye UJackie Earle Haley, uArmie Hammer (I-Lone Ranger)('I-Lone Ranger'), i-Gabrielle Union, uPenelope Ann Miller, uMark Boone Omnci. kunye no-Aja Naomi King.
Okumangalisayo kukuba, isihloko siyafana nesinye ifilimu ukususela ekuqaleni kwekhulu leminyaka elidlulileyo, eyaziwayo ngomxholo wobuhlanga. U-Nate Parker ngokwakhe uye wachaza ngaphezu kwesihlandlo esinye ukuba oku kuhambelana nokugxeka okumangalisayo akwenzileyo ukongeza kwisihloko esihambelana noyilo lwebali. Kuye kwaphawulwa ukuba inokuba yintsha "iminyaka eyi-12 yobukhoboka".