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The Birth of a Nation

“The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!”

Director
D.W. Griffith
Year
1915
Runtime
3h 15m
Rated
NR
Release
1915
Language
en
Country
US

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01 · Overview

What it’s about

The story

Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.

  • #silent film
  • #inspirational
  • #historical epic
  • #american civil war
  • #southern usa
  • #optimistic
  • #reconstruction era
  • #ku klux klan
  • #feelgood
  • #racism
  • #awestruck
  • #army

  • Directed by

    D.W. Griffith

  • Written by

    Frank E. Woods & D.W. Griffith

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