I-The birth of a Nation ifilimu ethathe iSundance. Umdlalo ka-Nate Parker uvotelwe njenge-Best of the Festival futhi i-Fox Searchlight yakhokha imali eshisiwe engu-$17,5 million ngawo. Yindaba enesibindi futhi ngishiya inqola lapha.
UNat Turner ungumfana oyisigqila ofundiswe ukufunda ukuze atadishe iBhayibheli kanjalo abe umshumayeli kwezinye izigqila. Lapho uthisha kaTurner emhambisa ezweni lonke ohambweni lokushumayela, uthatha ithuba lokuzuza ekushumayeleni kwakhe, uTurner uqala ukubona ububanzi bobugqila futhi unquma ukuba umholi ohlukile.
Le filimu izokhishwa e-United States ngo-Okthoba 7. Ekulingiseni kwayo inakho UJackie Earle Haley, u-Armie Hammer (I-Lone Ranger) ('I-Lone Ranger'), i-Gabrielle Union, u-Penelope Ann Miller, u-Mark Boone Jr. kanye no-Aja Naomi King.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi isihloko siyefana nesenye ifilimu kusukela ekuqaleni kwekhulu leminyaka elidlule, elaziwa kakhulu ngokuqukethwe kwayo okucwasa ngokwebala. U-Nate Parker ngokwakhe ushilo izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa ukuthi lokhu kuhambisana nokugxeka okuyindida akwenzile ngaphezu kokuba yisihloko esifanelana nomklamo wendaba. Kuye kwaphawulwa ukuthi kungase kube "iminyaka engu-12 yobugqila."