3. D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation, originally called The Clansman, is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish.

The Birth of a Nation (1915) - IMDb

The Birth of a Nation: Directed by D.W. Griffith. With Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper. The Stoneman family finds its friendship ...

The Birth of a Nation - Library of Congress

Griffith's Civil War epic cannot be forgiven for its portrayal of African Americans as sex- crazed animals, the Radical Republicans who led the Reconstruction ...

The Birth of a Nation - Full Movie - (1915) HD - YouTube

Ultimately, the Civil War was about States Rights. In this case, the State's right to own people and treat them as less than human.

Theater, Film, and Video: D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation - PBS

DW Griffith's 1915 Civil War epic, The Birth of a Nation, with its groundbreaking camerawork -- including close-ups, night photography, and tracking shots -- ...

D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation 100 Years Later - Time

But David Wark Griffith must have realized that his film deserved a grander title. For its New York premiere on March 3, 1915, exactly a hundred ...

The Birth of a Nation | Cast, Plot, Summary, & Facts | Britannica

The Birth of a Nation, landmark silent film, released in 1915, that was the first blockbuster Hollywood hit.

How 'The Birth of a Nation' Revived the Ku Klux Klan | HISTORY

D.W. Griffith's controversial epic 1915 film about the Civil War and Reconstruction depicted the Ku Klux Klan as valiant saviors of a ...

3. D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation - IU Pressbooks

On February 8, 1915, Harry Aitken and D. W. Griffith founded the Epoch Producing Corporation to handle the distribution of The Birth of a Nation.

D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation - Gale

When it was released in 1915, 'The Birth of a Nation' was a groundbreaking film that introduced new forms and cinematic techniques.

The Worst Thing About “Birth of a Nation” Is How Good It Is

The release of “Django Unchained,” and the discussion surrounding it, have brought “Birth of a Nation”—D. W. Griffith's disgustingly racist ...

D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation - MoMA

For those of you who are not Civil War buffs (an addiction I owe in part to Griffith's film), Vicksburg was known as the “Gibraltar of the ...

100 Years Later, What's The Legacy Of 'Birth Of A Nation'? - NPR

The Birth of a Nation is three hours of racist propaganda — starting with the Civil War and ending with the Ku Klux Klan riding in to save the ...

“The Birth of A Nation” opens in L.A., glorifying the KKK | HISTORY

The film was America's first feature-length motion picture and a box-office smash, and during its unprecedented three hours Griffith popularized ...

Birth of a Nation, 1915 - Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |

The film was a treatment of a novel and play, The Clansman, which depicted the Ku Klux Klan as heroes and African Americans as villains during Reconstruction.

The Birth of a Nation: a gripping masterpiece … and a stain on history

Xan Brooks: DW Griffith's silent epic lionised the Ku Klux Klan and depicted black Americans as ignorant rapists, but cinema still owes a ...

The Birth of a Nation (Web Exclusive) - Cineaste Magazine

Griffith and Walter Huston (including the newly rediscovered intermission sequence). DISC 2: Is a DVD copy of Kino's ''Griffith Masterworks'' edition of the ...

'The Birth of a Nation' (June 27, 1994) - Library of Congress

Symposium on Classic Film Discusses Inaccuracies and Virtues. By CRAIG D'OOGE. On the night of Monday, April 25, a panel of three experts sat down in the ...

3/25/2015: At the Movies: "Birth of a Nation" After 100 Years | Origins

Set during the Reconstruction era after the Civil War, The Clansman portrays the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) as an avenging force, hooded heroes saving ...

The Birth of a Nation (Deluxe 3-Disc Edition) (Blu-ray) - Kino Lorber

The film tells the epic story of two families, one Northern and one Southern, during and after the Civil War.