The Birth of a Nation (1915)
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08 Mar 1915
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Drama
History
War
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.
Featured Crew
| D.W. Griffith | Producer |
| Jon Mirsalis | Original Music Composer |
| Clare West | Costume Design |
| Raoul Walsh | Editor |
| D.W. Griffith | Writer |
| Joseph Carl Breil | Director of Photography |
| Joseph Henabery | Editor |
| D.W. Griffith | Editor |
| James Smith | Editor |
| Billy Bitzer | Director of Photography |
