故事描述于1831年,黑人牧师奈特于美国弗吉尼亚洲,率领黑奴解放非裔美国人的自由运动,最终成为引发内战爆发的导火线。Set against the antebellum South, THE BIRTH OF A NATION follows Nat Turner (Nate Parker), a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer), accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. As he witnesses countless atrocities - against himself and his fellow slaves - Nat orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.