The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation  - Movie (1915)

The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!

Original title

The Birth of a Nation

Released

3/8/1915

Origin country

US

Genre

Drama, History, War

Production companies

Epoch Film Co.

Budget

$100,000.00

Revenue

$11,000,000.00

Runtime

3hr 15min

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.

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