The Birth of a Nation 1915

The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!

Directed by D.W. Griffith

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193 min

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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.

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Lillian Gish · Stoneman's Daughter Elsie Mae Marsh · Flora Cameron Henry B. Walthall · Col. Ben Cameron Miriam Cooper · Margaret Cameron Mary Alden · Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia Ralph Lewis · Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman George Siegmann · Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch Walter Long · Gus

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