{"id":11645,"date":"2016-10-12T17:40:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T21:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=11645"},"modified":"2016-10-12T14:40:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T18:40:55","slug":"exclusive-trailer-birth-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2016\/10\/exclusive-trailer-birth-nation.html","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Look of &#8220;The Birth of a Nation&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Set against the antebellum South, <em>The Birth of a Nation<\/em>\u00a0follows Nat Turner (Nate Parker), a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer), accepts an offer to use Nat&#8217;s preaching to subdue unruly slaves. 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