Birth Of A Nation, The 
Category: Classic
Run time: 190 minutes
Director: D W Griffith
Starring: Lillian Gish, Henry B Walthal, Mae Marsh
Showing an innate genius for telling a story through the rapidly developing medium of moving pictures, the one-time bit-part actor and aspiring writer, DW Griffith, stunned the world with this high quality big-screen production containing spectacular panoramic battle scenes. Based on a best-selling novel and negrophobic play called 'The Clansman', he produced a three hour epic that, in 1915, set a new standard for film production and absorbing melodrama. It follows the lives of two white families divided by, and enduring, the American Civil War, and includes elaborate cameos of historical events such as the assassination of abraham Lincoln.
Category: Classic
Run time: 190 minutes
Director: D W Griffith
Starring: Lillian Gish, Henry B Walthal, Mae Marsh
Showing an innate genius for telling a story through the rapidly developing medium of moving pictures, the one-time bit-part actor and aspiring writer, DW Griffith, stunned the world with this high quality big-screen production containing spectacular panoramic battle scenes. Based on a best-selling novel and negrophobic play called 'The Clansman', he produced a three hour epic that, in 1915, set a new standard for film production and absorbing melodrama. It follows the lives of two white families divided by, and enduring, the American Civil War, and includes elaborate cameos of historical events such as the assassination of abraham Lincoln.
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