"The Birth of a Nation" part I (1915)

1915 · Silent film · 91 min

• Drama

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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.

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91 minutes

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