The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

6|1915|3h 13m| EN

Overview: 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.

Genres: Drama, History, War

Director: D.W. Griffith

Votes: 522

Production Companies:

Epoch Film Co.