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. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.

Genre:

Drama, History, War

Duration:

195 min

Cast:

Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall

Quality:

HD

Director:

D.W. Griffith

Release:

1915

Country:

United States

Rating:

5.9