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  1. The Birth of a Nation, landmark silent film starring Lillian Gish, released in 1915, that was the first blockbuster Hollywood hit. It was the longest and most-profitable film then produced and the most artistically advanced film of its day.

  2. The members of Ku Klux Klan kill a black man who shot a white man to defend him and others. Elsie learns her brother has slain a black man in the rescue of Dr. Cameron. Elsie goes to a political leader, Lynch, that want a marriage with her, but Elsie doesn' t want and try to resist Lynch's advances.

  3. Contents. hide. (Top) Plot. Cast. Production. Release. Social impact. Contemporary reception. Modern reception. Legacy. See also. References. External links. The Birth of a Nation (full film) The Birth of a Nation, originally called The Clansman, [5] is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish.

  4. The plot of The Birth of a Nation revolves around two families living on either side of the Mason-Dixon Line who become friends when their sons board together at school. The Stonemans, the Northern family, live in Washington, D.C., and own a rural getaway in Pennsylvania.

  5. Played in blackface by white actress Jenny Lee. The faithful servant to the Camerons. A large, rotund housekeeper, Mammy moans loudly and makes broad gestures. Next section Colonel Ben Cameron. A list of all the characters in Birth of a Nation. Characters include: Colonel Ben Cameron, Elsie Stoneman, The Honorable Austin Stoneman , Silas Lynch ...

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  8. 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 with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux ...

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