Fox Searchlight Pictures has debuted the new The Birth of a Nation poster, which you can view in full in the gallery below.
The Birth of a Nation stars Parker himself opposite Armie Hammer, Penelope Ann Miller, Jackie Earle Haley, Mark Boone Jr., Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis, Dwight Henry, Aja Naomi King, Esther Scott, Roger Guenveur Smith and Gabrielle Union.
Opening in theaters on October 7, The Birth of a Nation is writer, director, producer and star Nate Parker’s acclaimed slave drama.
Set against the antebellum South, The Birth of a Nation follows Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner, accepts an offer to use Nat’s preaching to subdue unruly slaves.