{"id":2756,"date":"2016-04-16T18:36:50","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T10:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/16\/watch-the-first-trailer-for-sundance-sensation-the-birth-of-a-nation\/"},"modified":"2016-04-16T18:36:50","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T10:36:50","slug":"watch-the-first-trailer-for-sundance-sensation-the-birth-of-a-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/16\/watch-the-first-trailer-for-sundance-sensation-the-birth-of-a-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the first trailer for Sundance sensation &#039;The Birth of a Nation&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sddefault\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzE1LzdjL3NkZGVmYXVsdC45NWU0OC5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgk1NzV4MzIzIwplCWpwZw\/fcfc308b\/fc7\/sddefault.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Watch+the+first+trailer+for+Sundance+sensation+%27The+Birth+of+a+Nation%27&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F15%2Fbirth-of-a-nation-trailer%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F15%2Fbirth-of-a-nation-trailer%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A trailer for potential future Oscar winner <i>The\u00a0<\/i><i style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Birth of a Nation <\/i><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">has finally arrived.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">The film tells the story of Nat Turner, a slave who led a rebellion in Virginia in 1831. The trailer is bleak, but powerful, set to Nina Simone&#8217;s &#8220;Strange Fruit.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"><i>Birth<\/i> premiered at Sundance last year to <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/27\/birth-of-a-nation-review-sundance\/\">stunning reviews<\/a>, quickly becoming the breakout film of the entire festival and setting a <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/26\/birth-of-nation-sundance\/#2JspnhmD4ZqB?utm_campaign=&amp;utm_context=textlink&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_source=\">bidding war record<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/26\/birth-of-nation-sundance\/\">&#8216;The Birth of a Nation&#8217; shatters Sundance record with $17.5 million sale<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nate Parker wrote, directed and starred in the project, which will hit theaters in October. It also stars Gabrielle Union, Aja Naomi King and Armie Hammer.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/15\/birth-of-a-nation-trailer\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/trailer\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Trailer<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/trailers\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Trailers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/nate-parker\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Nate Parker<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/the-birth-of-a-nation\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">The Birth Of A Nation<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/movies\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Movies<\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/jump\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1460802401' target='_blank'><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ad\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1460802401'><br \/>\n<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/YAFgUtXl7y4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trailer for potential future Oscar winner The\u00a0Birth of a Nation has finally arrived.\u00a0 The film tells the story of Nat Turner, a slave who led a rebellion in Virginia in 1831. 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