The Birth of a Nation
“The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!”
6.0(575 votes)
March 8, 1915
3h 15m
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.
Director
D.W. GriffithWriters
Frank E. Woods, D.W. Griffith, Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
Budget
$100,000
Revenue
$11,000,000
