"The Birth of a Nation" part I (1915)
1915 · Silent film · 91 min
- Drama
Synopsis
Part one of D. W. Griffith's Civil War epic, following the Stoneman and Cameron families from the eve of the war through the assassination of Lincoln; its racist portrayal of Reconstruction made it the most controversial film of its era.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Running time
- 91 minutes
- Collection
- Silent Hall of Fame, Silent Films, Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- D.W. Griffith
- Billy Bitzer
- Robert Harron
- Mae Marsh
- Miriam Cooper
- Lillian Gish
- Wallace Reid
- silent film
- silent era
- silent drama