The Birth of a Nation
1915 · 3h 15m · Drama, History, War · United States of America · Rated U (GB)
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.
Directed by
D.W. GriffithBased on the novel by
Thomas F. Dixon Jr.5.9Smart score
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19th centuryabolitionistamerican civil wararmyconspiracy theoryhistorical epicindependent filmku klux klanperiod dramaracismreconstruction erasilent filmsouthern usa
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