The Birth of a Nation (1915) is a silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. It chronicles the Civil War and Reconstruction era of the United States, and tells the story of two families from the North and South who are divided by the war. The film
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The Birth of a Nation is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from Thomas Dixon Jr.'s 1905 novel and play The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan. Griffith co-wrote the screenplay with Frank E. Woods and produced the film with Harry Aitken.