The Birth of a Nation
1915-03-08
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3h 13m
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Drama
History
War
User Score
593 votes
"The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!"
Overview
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
D.W. Griffith
Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
