The Birth of a Nation Plot
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine in director D.W. Griffith's controversial Civil War epic. 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.
The Birth of a Nation Cast
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as Margaret Cameron -
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as Austin Stoneman -
as Abraham Lincoln -
as Mrs. Cameron -
as Dr. Cameron -
as Mammy
The Birth of a Nation Latest Trailers
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Official Trailer 1 2016
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The Birth of a Nation (1915): A Landmark in Cinema Shaped by Controversy
D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation is both a cinematic milestone and a lightning rod for controversy. Released in 1915, it was a groundbreaking achievement in filmmaking, revolutionizing the medium with its scale, technical innovations, and storytelling ambition. Yet, the film is also infamous for its overt racism and its glorification of the Ku Klux Klan, making it one of the most divisive works in the history of cinema.
Adapted from Thomas Dixon Jr.’s novel The Clansman, the film intertwines two families’ lives during the American Civil War and Reconstruction: the Northern Stonemans and the Southern... |
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