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Mar 14, 2016 · The most ambitious film ever made at the time, The Birth of a Nation was a popular success. African American writer James Weldon Johnson wrote in 1915 that The Birth of a Nation did “incalculable harm” to Black Americans by creating a justification for prejudice, racism, and discrimination for decades to follow.
Feb 8, 2015 · 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 South from black rule during the Reconstruction...
Historical Context: "Birth of a Nation". In 1915, fifty years after the end of the Civil War, D. W. Griffith released his epic film Birth of a Nation. The greatest blockbuster of the silent era, Birth of a Nation was seen by an estimated 200 million Americans by 1946.
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Notwithstanding its controversial legacy and the challenge the film presents for modern viewers, The Birth of a Nation remains a landmark work in cinematic history. This view was reflected in 1992 when the U.S. Library of Congress classified it among the “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films” produced in the United ...
Birth of a Nation demonstrates how many early twentieth-century Americans wanted to view the Civil War and romanticize the South, and how assumptions about racial inferiority helped (at least in theory) unite disparate elements of the white American people.
Mar 3, 2015 · In its bold editing and composition of shots, in its contrast of intimate scenes with spectacular battles and a final thrilling chase, The Birth of a Nation was the culmination of six years of ...
Dec 13, 2015 · But, more important, the film needs to be remembered because the scenes in “The Birth of a Nation” from 1915 eerily reflect the deeply troubling realities of race in America in 2015....
