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Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

D.W. Griffith


  • Country: USA
  • Year: 1915
  • Language: Silent
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  • Runtime: 186 min.

Legendary and still controversial, D.W. Griffith's Civil War epic has been celebrated for virtually inventing the modern cinema and castigated for its unabashed racism and heroization of the Ku Klux Klan.

Cinematheque

screening times

    • Thursday November 11
    • 3:00:00 PM
    • Tiff Bell LightBox Cinema 4
    • Tuesday November 16
    • 12:15:00 PM
    • Tiff Bell LightBox 3

Note: indicates Premium Screening.

official description

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Legendary and still controversial, D.W. Griffith's Civil War epic has been celebrated for virtually inventing the modern cinema and castigated for its unabashed racism and heroization of the Ku Klux Klan. Chronicling the war and its aftermath through the interlocking destinies of two families, the Stonemans of the North and the Camerons of the South, Griffith combined the narrative techniques of his short films with the lavish spectacle of the contemporary Italian historical epics to create both the first modern narrative feature film and the first conceptualization of film as a legitimate art. Its immense contribution to film history inseparable from its unforgivable transgressions, The Birth of a Nation is both an unfortunate product of its time and a visionary look into the future of a new art form.

From the collection of George Eastman House.

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