The Birth of a Nation
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.
Year: 1915
Studio: Epoch Film Co.
Director: D.W. Griffith
Cast: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis
Crew: Frank E. Woods (Screenplay), Billy Bitzer (Director of Photography), D.W. Griffith (Writer), Joseph Henabery (Editor), Rose Smith (Editor), Raoul Walsh (Editor)
Runtime: 195 minutes
Release: Mar 08, 1915
IMDb: 5.90/10 by 569 users
Popularity: 5
Country: United States of America
Language: No Language
Budget: 100
Revenue: 11
Keyword : army, ku klux klan, southern usa, racist, silent film, american civil war, reconstruction era, controversial
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