The Birth of a Nation
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.
D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation is a 1915 history war film. Lillian Gish appears as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie, Mae Marsh as Flora Cameron, Henry B. Walthall as Col. Ben Cameron, and Miriam Cooper as Margaret Cameron.
It runs 195 minutes and was released in March 1915. Written by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods.
Shelv files it under army, southern USA, american civil war, and conspiracy theory. In the United States it streams on Artiflix and FlixFling. It scores 5.9 out of 10 from 619 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.
12 Years a Slave, The General, and Django Unchained make useful companions to The Birth of a Nation, all filed under 19th century, abolitionist, and period drama.