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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The birth of a nation / directed by Nate Turner ; screenplay by Nate Parker ; story by Nate Parker & Jean McGianni Celestin ; produced by Nate Parker, Kevin Turen, Jason Michael Berman, Aaron L. Gilbert, Preston L. Holmes ; a Fox Searchlight Pictures presentation ; a Bron Studios, Phantom Four, Mandalay Pictures, Tiny Giant Productions production ; a film by Nate Turner.

Publisher, Date:

Beverly Hills, California : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2017]

Description:

1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

Nat Turner is a literate American slave and preacher. His financially strained owner accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. But as Nat witnesses countless atrocities, he orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: R; for disturbing violent content, and some brief nudity CHV rating: 14A.

Subjects:

Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831 -- Drama.

Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography -- Drama.

Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.

Esclavos -- Estados Unidos -- Biografía -- Teatro.

Esclavos -- Movimentos de protesta -- Estados Unidos -- Historia -- Siglo XIX -- Teatro.

Esclavos -- Estados Unidos -- Biografía -- Teatro.

Esclavos -- Movimentos de protesta -- Estados Unidos -- Historia -- Siglo XIX -- Teatro.

Genre:

Feature films.

Historical films.

Biographical films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.

Other Author:

Turen, Kevin, 1979-2023 film producer.

Parker, Nate, 1979- film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer.

Berman, Jason Michael, film producer.

Gilbert, Aaron L., film producer.

Holmes, Preston, film producer.

McGianni Celestin, Jean, screenwriter.

Hammer, Armie, 1986- actor.

Miller, Penelope Ann, actor.

Haley, Jackie Earle, 1961- actor.

Boone, Mark, Jr., actor.

Domingo, Colman, actor.

Union, Gabrielle, actor.

Henry, Dwight, actor.

Ellis, Aunjanue, actor.

King, Aja Naomi, actor.

Scott, Esther, 1953-2020 actor.

Smith, Roger Guenveur, actor.

Jackman, Henry (Henry Pryce), composer (expression)

Rosenblum, Steven, editor of moving image work.

Davis, Elliot, 1948- director of photography.

Fox Searchlight Pictures, presenter.

Bron Studios, production company.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., publisher.

Other Title:

Container of (work) : Birth of a nation (Motion picture : 2016)

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.

Widescreen (2.40:1).

Special features: Rise up: The legacy of Nat Turner; feature commentary by Nate Parker; gallery.

Music, Henry Jackman; editor, Steven Rosenblum; director of photography, Elliot Davis.

Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Mark Boone Jr., Colman Domingo, Dwight Henry, Aunjanue Ellis, Aja Naomi King, Esther Scott, Roger Guenveur Smith, Gabrielle Union, Penelope Ann Miller, Jackie Earle Haley.

DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (2.40:1); Dolby digital 5.1 (English), Dolby digital 2.0 (Spanish, French), English descriptive audio 5.1; described video.

English, dubbed Spanish or dubbed French dialogue; Spanish or French subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing; described video.

ISBN:

0024543294931

Publisher Number:

2329493

2329494

Other Number:

964452301

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

633193

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Birth of