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The Birth of a nation

A Civil War spectacular. Portrays life in the South during and after the Civil War as revealed in a story depicting the war itself, the conflict between the defeated Southerners and emancipated renegade Negroes, the despoiling of the South during the carpetbagger period, and the revival of the Southern white man's honor through the efforts of the Ku Klux Klan.

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  • "Clansman"@en
  • "Spécial Griffith"
  • "D.W. Griffith presents The birth of a nation"@en
  • "Battle"
  • "Special Griffith"
  • "Birth of a Nation"
  • "In the clutches of the Ku Klux Klan"@en

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  • "A Civil War spectacular. Portrays life in the South during and after the Civil War as revealed in a story depicting the war itself, the conflict between the defeated Southerners and emancipated renegade Negroes, the despoiling of the South during the carpetbagger period, and the revival of the Southern white man's honor through the efforts of the Ku Klux Klan."@en
  • ""Based on a best-selling novel and negrophobic play called 'The clansman', D.W. Griffith 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" [box cover note]."@en
  • "The birth of a nation follows the lives of two white families divided by, and enduring, the American Civil War, and includes elaborate camoes of historical events such as the assassination of Abraham Lincoln."
  • "A story of life in the South during and after the Civil War, depicting the war, the conflict between the defeated white Southerners and emancipated renegade Blacks, the despoiling of the South during the carpetbagger period, and the revival of the Southern white man's honor through the efforts of the Ku Klux Klan."@en
  • "New National Theatre, direction W.H. Rapley, business management W.H. Fowler. D.W. Griffith presents "The Birth of a Nation," an historical drama in two acts. Entire production under the personal direction of D.W. Griffith, photography by G.W. Bitzer, music by Joseph Carl Briel."
  • "Liberty Theatre, Klaw & Erlanger, managers, the Klaw & Erlanger Amusement Co., owners. D.W. Griffith presents "The Birth of a Nation," an historical drama in two acts, founded on Thomas Dixon's story "The Clansman". Entire production under the personal direction of D.W. Griffith, photography by G.W. Bitzer, music by Joseph Carl Briel."@en
  • ""Portraying the Ku Klux Klan as heroic underdogs, silent epic The Birth of a Nation (1915) is widely considered to be the most controversial film of all time. At once one of US culture's greatest artistic achievements and one of its most abhorrently racist artefacts, it becomes more shocking with every passing year. Comprising a decade of archival research and published on the 100th anniversary of the film's release, this richly detailed study considers both the film's afterlife and the artistic, industrial and moral surroundings in which it was created. Drawing on an unbroken century of production and reception history, Paul McEwan recounts the film's origins and development, Griffith's unique editing and cinematography and the construction of racial identity and fear in the film. Assessing its contribution as an art form, while directly grappling with the complexity of the art-or-racism debate, Paul McEwan shows how The Birth of a Nation has had a central role in the development of film and Film Studies worldwide."--Page [4] of cover."@en

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  • "Drama"@en
  • "Theater programs"
  • "Theater programs"@en
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"
  • "Motion picture programs"
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  • "The Birth of a nation (Guió)"
  • "THE BIRTH OF A NATION"
  • "The Birth of a nation"
  • "The Birth of a nation"@en
  • "ˆLa‰ Naissance d'une nation"
  • "La Naissance d'une nation : The Birth of a nation : Film. Découpage et texte des cartons in extenso"
  • "La naissance d'une nation ; the battle : [a film script]"
  • "The birth of a nation : D.W. Griffith, director"
  • "The birth of a nation : D.W. Griffith, director"@en
  • "The birth of a nation: D. W. Griffith, director"
  • "Birth of a nation"@en
  • "The Birth of a nation D.W. Griffith, director"@en
  • "The birth of a nation"
  • "The birth of a nation"@en
  • "The birth of a nation : D. W. Griffith, director"
  • "La Naissance d'une nation"
  • "The Birth of a nation : D.W. Griffith, director"
  • "The birth of a nation: D.W. Griffith, director"

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