The Birth of a Nation plot
"The Untold Story of Nat Turner"
It is 1831 and African American Nat Turner (Nate Parker) is spending his days as a slave in Virginia. He is put to work by his owner Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer) and the slave driver Raymond Cobb (Jackie Earle Haley) ensures that not all working days are without a struggle. With the help of a preacher named Walthall (Mark Boone Junior) and supported by several fellow sufferers, Nat rebels against the ruling whites.