The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

"The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!"
  • 1915
  • 3 hr 15 min
  •  5.935  (573)
  •   Released

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.

The Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith - Trailer (1915)

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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.
  • Release Date
    1915
  • Runtime
    3 hr 15 min
  • Language
    en
  • Rating
    5.935  (573)