Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. www.npr.org › sections › codeswitch100 Years Later, What's The Legacy Of 'Birth Of A Nation'? - NPR

   www.npr.org › sections › codeswitch

   Feb 8, 2015 · Hulton Archive/ Getty Images. One hundred years ago Sunday, the nascent film industry premiered what would go on to be its first blockbuster: The Birth of a Nation. As the house lights dimmed and ...

2. jottedlines.com › birth-of-a-nation-1915-summaryBirth Of A Nation (1915): Summary and Analysis | Jotted Lines

   jottedlines.com › birth-of-a-nation-1915-summary

   • Cached

   Jun 23, 2019 · A US Civil War (1861–65) drama, Birth of a Nation centres on two white families, the Camerons from the South and the Stonemans from the North. Before the war, during a visit of the Stonemans to the Camerons, Ben Cameron falls in love with Elsie Stoneman, and Phil Stoneman with Margaret Cameron. The war, and politics, separates the families ...

3. www.facinghistory.org › influence-birth-nationThe Influence of "The Birth of a Nation" - Facing History and ...

   www.facinghistory.org › influence-birth-nation

   • Cached

   Mar 14, 2016 · Perhaps most influential film of that century’s first half, The Birth of a Nation was steeped in the Dunning School’s interpretation of Reconstruction. Based on the novel The Clansman by Thomas Dixon (a university classmate of Woodrow Wilson’s), the three-hour silent film glorified the Ku Klux Klan as the saviors of the South from ...

4. study.com › academy › lessonThe Birth of a Nation | Overview & Summary - Lesson - Study.com

   study.com › academy › lesson

   • Cached

   Nov 21, 2023 · The Birth of a Nation Plot Summary. The Birth of a Nation is a three-hour silent film divided into two parts, separated by an intermission. The first part focuses on the Civil War and the ...

5. www.pbs.org › theater › birthofanation_aD.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation - PBS

   www.pbs.org › theater › birthofanation_a

   • Cached

   The Birth of a Nation, D.W. Griffith, 1915, silent black and white film. The scene depicts the "renegade Negro," Gus, played by white actor Walter Long in blackface, in the hands of the Klan, from ...

6. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › great-movie-the-birthThe Birth of a Nation movie review (1915) | Roger Ebert

   www.rogerebert.com › reviews › great-movie-the-birth

   • Cached

   Mar 30, 2003 · That is worth knowing. Blacks already knew that, had known it for a long time, witnessed it painfully again every day, but "The Birth of a Nation" demonstrated it in clear view, and the importance of the film includes the clarity of its demonstration. That it is a mirror of its time is, sadly, one of its values.

7. www.nytimes.com › 2016/10/07 › moviesReview: In Nate Parker’s ‘The Birth of a Nation,’ Must-See ...

   www.nytimes.com › 2016/10/07 › movies

   Oct 6, 2016 · “The Birth of a Nation” tells the story of the slave rebellion led by Nat Turner in Virginia in 1831. Nate Parker directs, writes and stars, and the film arrives following controversy over a ...