The Birth of a Nation
1915
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.
Director:
D.W. Griffith
Writers:
Thomas Dixon Jr., D.W. Griffith, Frank E. Woods
Awards:
2 wins
Production:
D.W. Griffith
Country:
United States
