The Birth of a Nation (1915)
6
/10 By 542 Votes
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.
Release Date : February 8, 1915
Runtime : 193m
Companies : Epoch Film Co.
Countries : United States of America
Keywords : army, ku klux klan, southern usa, racist, silent film, american civil war, reconstruction era, controversial
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