On screen
Cast
17 credited performers
Carl Lumbly
Nat Turner - Gray
Justin Dray
Thomas Gray
Megan Gallagher
Margaret Whitehead
Charles Burnett
Lucinda
Ossie Davis
Himself
Artwork unavailable
Frank Faucette
Jesse
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Self
Artwork unavailable
Harry Kollatz Jr.
Benjamin Phipps
Alfre Woodard
Narrator
Artwork unavailable
Herbert Aptheker
Self
William Styron
Self
Artwork unavailable
Raymond H. Johnson
Virginia Militiaman reenactment
Artwork unavailable
Alvin F. Poussaint
Self
Artwork unavailable
Shaun DePriest
Moses
Artwork unavailable
Kimberly Grey
Sally Travers
Artwork unavailable
Martha Minnow
Self
Artwork unavailable
Eric Foner
Self