

The Birth of a Nation
The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $100K
- Box office
- $100M
- Language
- No Language
- army
- ku klux klan
- southern usa
- conspiracy theory
- racism
- period drama
- silent film
- american civil war
- 19th century
- abolitionist
- reconstruction era
- historical epic
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United States of America
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- TheatricalU27 Feb 1920
United StatesUS
- PremiereLos Angeles, California8 Feb 1915
- Theatrical21 Mar 1915
- Theatrical (limited)Re-release, New York City, New York18 Dec 1930
- Theatrical (limited)NRRe-release, Rosslyn, Virginia11 Mar 1970
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU8 Mar 1915
- Theatrical (limited)URe-release, re-edited, sound version, London10 Mar 1931
- TheatricalURe-release, re-edited24 Jul 1952
- Physical15VHS5 Aug 1994
- Physical15DVD5 Jul 2000
- Physical15DVD, re-edited25 Jan 2005
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalBlu-Ray23 Jul 2013
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG9 Aug 1915
CanadaCA
- TheatricalPG8 Jun 1915
ArgentinaAR
- TheatricalATP27 Apr 1917
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1221 May 1917
- PhysicalDVD, rated Livre1 Jun 2012
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+9 Feb 2023
DenmarkDK
- TheatricalA22 Mar 1918
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1615 Apr 1922
- TheatricalK-16Re-release25 Sept 1964
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP21 Oct 1920
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The Birth of a Nation was released on 8 March 1915.
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1- P10/10
prabhushakti
3/3/2018
He achieved what no other known man has ever achieved. To watch his work is like being witness to the beginning of melody, or the first conscious use of the lever or the wheel; the emergence, coordination, and first eloquence of language; thebirth of an art: and to realize that this is all the work of one man. - James Agee Griffith demonstrated to every filmmaker and moviegoer who followed him what a movie was, an…
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