The Birth of a Nation (1915)
1915-03-08 • Drama, History, War • 3h15m • Released
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The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
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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.
Epoch Film Co., D.W. Griffith Productions, Epoch Productions
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