The Birth of a Nation
1915·Movie
·3h 15min·
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The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
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.
American Civil WarRacial InjusticeHistorical DramaReconstruction EraControversial DepictionViolence & ConflictSocial CommentaryPropaganda
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Directed by:
Allan Dwan, Donald Crisp, Raoul Walsh
Written by:
D.W. Griffith, Frank E. Woods, Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
Produced by:
D.W. Griffith, H.E. Aitken
Composed by:
D.W. Griffith, Carli Elinor, Joseph Carl Breil
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