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Birth of a Nation
USA 1915, 180 minutes, B/W
Dir. D.W. Griffith
Rating: [G]
Genres: Classics / Epic, Silent Cinema, Propaganda
Topics: Landmark, Educational Resource.
Feat. Lillian Gish
Aroview: The cinema's first major epic marked the birth of an artform - newly defining the artistic boundaries of the medium. It retains much of its original glory, despite its racist agenda.
Member Reviews
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1 star (Turkey) "If we let negroes vote, they'll slouch around in parliament with no shoes, eating fried chicken and chasing white women!" Many very good directors have called this the first masterpiece of cinema; really it's a waste of good charcoal. ~artsfiend
DVD Features
- 'making of' documentary / featurette
Close Relatives
- D.W. Griffith - Father of Film (1993)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- Intolerance (1916)
- Native Land (1942)
- Carmen (1915)
- Rebirth of a Nation (2007)
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