The Birth of a Nation
Drama, War
About The Birth of a Nation
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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Cast & Crew
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Starring Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden
Produced by Epoch Film Co.