The Birth of a Nation (1915) | |
| Director(s) | D.W. Griffith |
| Producer(s) | D.W. Griffith, H.E. Aitken (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Epic, Historical, Romance, Silent Films, War |
| Top Topics | Brothers, Civil War, Old South |
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The Birth of a Nation (1915) was a Drama - Historical Film directed by D.W. Griffith and produced by D.W. Griffith and H.E. Aitken.
The Birth of a Nation was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1992.
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Classic Films in Focus: THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
By Jennifer Garlen on Feb 19, 2013 From Virtual ViragoD.W. Griffith's silent Civil War epic is one of those films that every serious student of film probably needs to sit through at some point, but for the modern viewer The Birth of a Nation (1915) is a very hard pill to swallow. Lauded by film critics who praise its technique while deploring its polit... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
By Jennifer Garlen on Feb 19, 2013 From Virtual ViragoD.W. Griffith's silent Civil War epic is one of those films that every serious student of film probably feels obligated to sit through at some point, but for the modern viewer The Birth of a Nation (1915) is a very hard pill to swallow. Lauded by film critics who praise its technique while deploring... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
By Jennifer Garlen on Feb 19, 2013 From Virtual ViragoD.W. Griffith's silent Civil War epic is one of those films that every serious student of film probably feels obligated to sit through at some point, but for the modern viewer The Birth of a Nation (1915) is a very hard pill to swallow. Lauded by film critics who praise its technique while deploring... Read full article
10 Things About The Birth of a Nation
By Brandy Dean on Feb 8, 2013 From Pretty Clever FilmsIf you’re going to love silent cinema or if you’re going to make a study of the early development of movies, you’re gonna have to butt heads with D.W. Griffith. And you’re going to have to come to some kind of truce with The Birth of a Nation. We all know the problems with th... Read full article
The Birth of a Nation
By Janelle Vreeland on Sep 19, 2011 From CurtainsThe Birth of a Nation (1915) There is no question about the influence director D.W. Griffith has had on the art of filmmaking. He invented techniques that we take for granted today. And what he did not invent himself, he certainly perfected. Unfortunately, his genius was tarnished by the racist to... Read full article
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Flora Cameron: [letter to Ben] - and you have really grown a moustache - oh my! I'm just dying, dying to see you. Well, I'm growing up too - they say I'm such a big girl now you wouldn't know me. XXXXXX Kisses Your little
[crossed out]
Flora Cameron: big Sis
Col. Ben Cameron: [to Elsie, whose portrait he has been carrying] Though we had never met, I have carried you about with me for a long, long time.
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Rated #7 of the 25 most controversial movies of all time. Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2006.
May 14, 1938, East Orange, New Jersey: While refusing to discontinue showing the reissued The Birth of a Nation, as requested by the East Orange City Council, the Ormont Theater deleted sections of the film termed "objectionable" in a petition signed by 608 people. A.J.Rettig, manager, hit back at the petitioners, saying agitation had been started to "cause unnecessary harassing of an orderly and peaceful business."
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