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.
| Production | Michael Novogratz | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Nate Parker | Director |
| Camera | Elliot Davis | Director of Photography |
| Art | Geoffrey Kirkland | Production Design |
| Production | Mary Vernieu | Casting |
| Sound | Henry Jackman | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Jean McGianni Celestin | Story |
| Production | Michelle Wade Byrd | Casting |
| Art | James Edward Ferrell Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francine Jamison-Tanchuck | Costume Design |
| Editing | Steven Rosenblum | Editor |
| Production | Jason Michael Berman | Producer |
| Production | Nate Parker | Producer |
| Production | Aaron L. Gilbert | Producer |
| Production | Kevin Turen | Producer |
| Production | Preston L. Holmes | Producer |
| Sound | Mac Smith | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Matthew Lindner | Co-Producer |
| Writing | Nate Parker | Story |
| Production | Allan J. Stitt | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Mark C. Stevens | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Andrew Pollack | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jill Ahrens | Executive Producer |
| Production | Armin Tehrany | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mark Moran | Executive Producer |
| Production | Zak Tanjeloff | Co-Producer |
| Production | Barb Lee | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mark Moran | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Ryan Ahrens | Executive Producer |
| Production | Derrick Brooks | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Tomas Deckaj | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Jane Oster Sinisi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Greg Lockett | Extras Casting |
| Art | Sarah Myers | Set Decoration Buyer |
| Production | Carl H. Lindner III | Executive Producer |
| Production | Edward Zwick | Executive Producer |
| Production | Andrea Craven | Extras Casting |
| Production | Jason Cloth | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tony Parker | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ben Renzo | Co-Producer |
| Production | Andrea Hume | Extras Casting |
| Production | John Raymonds | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Steven Thibault | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Lisa Mae Fincannon | Local Casting |
| Production | David S. Goyer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lori Massini | Co-Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | George Loucas | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Harrison Kreiss | Co-Producer |
| Production | Ike Waldhaus | Co-Producer |
| Writing | Nate Parker | Screenplay |
| Production | Brenda Gilbert | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael Finley | Executive Producer |
| Art | Sonya Duvall | Art Department Coordinator |
| Production | Craig Fincannon | Local Casting |
| Production | Lavonna Cupid | Local Casting |
| Art | Jack Ballance | Art Direction |
| Sound | Craig Henighan | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Craig Henighan | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Heikki Kossi | Foley Artist |
| Crew | Trey Gordon | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Sound | Mac Smith | Sound Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Douglas Noe | Makeup Department Head |
