The Birth Of A Nation
Description
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.
Stars
Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden
Runtime
195 minutes
Release Date
March 8, 1915
Rating
5.9/10 (579 votes)