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Birth of a Nation (1915)

Rating:No Rating
Genre:Drama, Western, War
Release Date:March 3, 1915
Running time:187 minutes
Cast:Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden
Director:D.W. Griffith
Writer:Thomas F. Dixon Jr.

Description: The story revolves around two families, one Northern, one Southern, and their respective fortunes during the Civil War. Reconstruction is seen as a turning over of sounthern affairs to Blacks, who are deemed inferior to the white landlords.

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