1915NRDramaHistoryWar3h 13m
The Birth of a Nation
Sign up to rate91% Critics
0% Circle Rating
0% Circle RatingTwo 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.
Directed by D.W. Griffith · Starring Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper
Where to watch
Discussion
No public reviews yet — be the first once you join.
Have thoughts on The Birth of a Nation?
