The Birth of a Nation 1915
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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.
- Released : 1915-02-08
- Runtime : 193 minutes
- Genre : Drama, History, War
- Stars : Henry B. Walthall, Lillian Gish, Miriam Cooper, Mae Marsh, Mary Alden
- Director : Frank E. Woods, H.E. Aitken, Joseph Carl Breil, Jon Mirsalis, Billy Bitzer
