Birth of a Nation, The (1915) Starring Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, and Henry B. Walthall
The Birth of a Nation (1915) PG 193 min - Drama, History, War - 8 February 1915 Your rating: Not rated yet! The Birth of A Nation is a silent film from 1915 and the highest grossing silent film in film history. The film tells a romance story during the American civil war. D.W. Griffith invested heavily in its high production values, pioneering many new camera effects. The Birth of a Nation was strongly protested for its negative portrayal of newly freed slaves (mostly white actors in blackface), which went on to create and propagate negative images of blacks of...
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