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Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine in director D.W. Griffith's controversial Civil War epi...
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The Birth of a Nation was a groundbreaking 1915 silent film. Directed by D. W. Griffith (1875–1948), the film is set during the American Civil War (1861–65) and Reconstruction period (1865–1877). The Birth of a Nation depicts the era through the fictional stories of two white families caught up in the conflict, the Stonemans from the ...
Dec 31, 2014 · By the time Birth of a Nation was made, the history of the south had been scrubbed and sanitized by the "Lost Cause" dogma largely through the efforts of the Daughters of the Confederacy. The film corresponded to the historical record, but by 1915 the historic record had been altered. But, you know, great cinematography.
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Early shots of Stoneman’s vast, empty library prefigure the days when, after Lincoln’s assassination, it will be full of sycophantic congressional leaders attached to Stoneman’s power. A list of important facts about D. W. Griffith, Thomas Dixon's Birth of a Nation, including setting, climax, protagonists, and antagonists.
When D.W. Griffith’s “The irth of a Nation” was re-released in 1921, only six years after its premiere, the advertising posters pro-claimed it an “American Institution.” It has been one ever since, for better — in that it gave birth to the movies as an industry, a cul-tural force, and a social power — and for
"The most successful and artistically advanced film of its time, The Birth of a Nation has also sparked protests, riots, and divisiveness since its first release. The film tells the story of the Civil War and its aftermath, as seen through the eyes of two families. The Stonemans hail from the North, the Camerons from the South. When war breaks out, the Stonemans cast their lot with the Union ...
