found:Wikipedia, 09-26-2016:(Birth of a nation; 2016 American period drama film loosely based on the story of Nat Turner, the enslaved man who led a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831; the film is co-written, co-produced and directed by Nate Parker, in his directorial debut; the film stars Parker as Nat Turner, and co-stars Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King, Jackie Earle Haley, Penelope Ann Miller and Gabrielle Union; the film premiered in competition at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2016; Fox Searchlight Pictures bought worldwide rights to the film in a $17.5 million deal, the largest deal at the film festival to date; at the end of the festival, it won the Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Dramatic Competition; the film was highly praised for its directing, acting, soundtrack and cinematography; to be released in the United States on October 7, 2016)