Search results
Based on the novel The Clansman (1905) by Thomas Dixon, the two-part epic traces the impact of the Civil War on two families: the Stonemans of the North and the Camerons of the South, each on separate sides of the conflict.
The silent film The Birth of a Nation (1915) was the longest and most-profitable film produced at the time and the most artistically advanced film of its day. An epic about the American Civil War (1861–65) and the Reconstruction era that followed, it has long been praised for its technical and dramatic innovations but condemned for the racism ...
People also ask
Who starred in the birth of a nation?
Who made the birth of a nation?
Is the birth of a nation based on a true story?
How long was the birth of a nation?
The Birth of a Nation. Scene from The Birth of a Nation (1915), directed by D.W. Griffith. In 1913 Griffith left Biograph and entered into an agreement with Mutual Films for the direction and supervision of motion pictures. From this association, among other films, came The Birth of a Nation. With the official opening of the film under the ...
In the Biograph films, Griffith experimented with all the narrative techniques he would later use in the epics The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916)—techniques that helped to formulate and stabilize Hollywood’s classical narrative style. A few of these techniques were already in use when Griffith started; he simply refined them.
Scene from the film The Birth of a Nation (1915), which was directed by D.W. Griffith.
Apr 23, 2024 · D.W. Griffith (born January 22, 1875, Floydsfork, Kentucky, U.S.—died July 23, 1948, Hollywood, California) was a pioneer American motion-picture director credited with developing many of the basic techniques of filmmaking, in such films as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916), Broken Blossoms (1919), Way Down East (1920), Orphans ...
When did Mohammed Ali Jinnah join the Muslim League? Mohammed Ali Jinnah (born December 25, 1876?, Karachi, India [now in Pakistan]—died September 11, 1948, Karachi) was an Indian Muslim politician, who was the founder and first governor-general (1947–48) of Pakistan.
