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The Birth of a Nation DVD, 1915

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Film Description

An absolute keystone of American movie history, acclaimed for its fantastic spectacle and condemned for its overt racism and ennoblement of the Ku Klux Klan. Protests and even riots accompanied its screenings and battles with censors ensured its notoriety. An inescapable piece of film history.

 

 

Film Information

Director - D. W. Griffith

Produced - 1915

Main Language - Silent

Countries & Regions - American film

Cast - Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Ralph Lewis

 

 

DVD Details

Certificate: 15 Publisher: Eureka / Masters of Cinema Region: 2
Length: 192 mins Aspect: 4:3 Cat No: EKA40021
Format: DVD B&W Subtitles: English

 

 

DVD Extras

  • David Shepherd's 'The Making of documentary' is a big plus, helping with the contextualisation and including stills from the Civil War.

 

 

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