The Birth Of A Nation
190 minutes,
USA (1915),
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(4.1 / 7 votes)
(4.1 / 7 votes)
Or more accurately the birth of the Ku Klux Klan. A pivotal moment in the evolution of cinema, DW Griffith's sprawling historical epic follows the lives of two families divided by the Civil War. It's also an appallingly misguided piece of racist propaganda
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The Birth Of A Nation: Unarguably one of the most important films in the history of cinema, and also one of the most controversial. In 1915 The Birth Of A Nation elevated the medium into an art form, proved that film could influence as well as reflect public opinion, and introduced countless technical innovations...
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