Het is 1831 en de Afro-Amerikaan Nat Turner brengt zijn dagen door als slaaf in Virginia. Hij wordt door zijn eigenaar Samuel Turner hard aan het werk gezet en de slavendrijver Raymond Cobb) zorgt ervoor dat niet alle werkdagen zonder slag of stoot verlopen.
Nee, helaas is The Birth of a Nation nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Nate Parker | Director |
| Editing | Steven Rosenblum | Editor |
| Art | Geoffrey Kirkland | Production Design |
| Writing | Jean McGianni Celestin | Story |
| Sound | Henry Jackman | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francine Jamison-Tanchuck | Costume Design |
| Art | James Edward Ferrell Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Production | Michelle Wade Byrd | Casting |
| Camera | Elliot Davis | Director of Photography |
| Production | Mary Vernieu | Casting |
| Production | Jason Michael Berman | Producer |
| Production | Preston L. Holmes | Producer |
| Production | Nate Parker | Producer |
| Production | Kevin Turen | Producer |
| Production | Aaron L. Gilbert | Producer |
| Sound | Mac Smith | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Michael Novogratz | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Heikki Kossi | Foley Artist |
| Production | Matthew Lindner | Co-Producer |
| Writing | Nate Parker | Story |
| Writing | Nate Parker | Screenplay |
| Production | David S. Goyer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael Finley | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tony Parker | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jason Cloth | Executive Producer |
| Production | Andrew Pollack | Executive Producer |
| Production | Allan J. Stitt | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jane Oster Sinisi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Barb Lee | Executive Producer |
| Production | Carl H. Lindner III | Executive Producer |
| Production | Derrick Brooks | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jill Ahrens | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ryan Ahrens | Executive Producer |
| Production | Armin Tehrany | Executive Producer |
| Production | Edward Zwick | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mark Moran | Executive Producer |
| Production | John Raymonds | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Brenda Gilbert | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Steven Thibault | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Lori Massini | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Zak Tanjeloff | Co-Producer |
| Production | Harrison Kreiss | Co-Producer |
| Production | Ike Waldhaus | Co-Producer |
| Production | Ben Renzo | Co-Producer |
| Visual Effects | George Loucas | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Mark Moran | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Tomas Deckaj | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mark C. Stevens | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Andrea Craven | Extras Casting |
| Production | Lisa Mae Fincannon | Local Casting |
| Production | Lavonna Cupid | Local Casting |
| Production | Craig Fincannon | Local Casting |
| Production | Andrea Hume | Extras Casting |
| Production | Greg Lockett | Extras Casting |
| Art | Jack Ballance | Art Direction |
| Art | Sonya Duvall | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Sarah Myers | Set Decoration Buyer |
| Sound | Craig Henighan | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Craig Henighan | Supervising Sound Editor |
