The Birth of a Nation
195 min
1915
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The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation
195 min
1915
6.0
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.
Country
Released
08 Feb, 1915
army
ku klux klan
southern usa
racist
silent film
american civil war
reconstruction era
controversial
antagonistic
condescending
