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The Birth of a Nation (film)

  • Originally Known As: The Clansman
  • Type: Film
  • Length: 133 minutes
It's like writing history with lightning. Woodrow Wilson

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The Birth of a Nation, a 1915 silent movie by director D W Griffith, is the prototype of the modern feature film. Great propaganda, The Birth of a Nation mixes accurate portrayals of real events, like the Battle of Petersburg and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, with blatant lies, like how free blacks harshly dominated the southern states after the Civil War. The Birth of a Nation is discriminatory, during the first month of release it was titled, The Clansman, but it is great cinema nonetheless. The movie premiered at Clune's Auditorium, 427 W 5th St in Los Angeles, California. The auditorium was demolished in 1985 and was used as a parking lot until c 2018. - AsNotedIn




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Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1914/00/00 Raoul Walsh Actor Raoul Walsh portrays John Wilkes Booth in "The Birth of a Nation".
1915/02/08 W S Van Dyke Assistant Director Directed by D W Griffith, "The Birth of a Nation" premieres at Clune's Auditorium (razed) at 427 W 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA. Historic Downtown American Lightning - The Birth Of Hollywood
1915/02/08 Frank E Woods Sreenwriter Directed by D W Griffith, "The Birth of a Nation" premieres at Clune's Auditorium (razed) at 427 W 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA. Historic Downtown American Lightning - The Birth Of Hollywood
1915/02/08 W S Van Dyke Assistant Director Directed by D W Griffith, "The Birth of a Nation" premieres at Clune's Auditorium (razed) at 427 W 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA. Historic Downtown Creation of Cinematic Film
1915/02/08 Frank E Woods Sreenwriter Directed by D W Griffith, "The Birth of a Nation" premieres at Clune's Auditorium (razed) at 427 W 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA. Historic Downtown Creation of Cinematic Film
1915/02/08 D W Griffith Director, Sreenwriter Directed by D W Griffith, "The Birth of a Nation" premieres at Clune's Auditorium (razed) at 427 W 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA. Historic Downtown American Lightning - The Birth Of Hollywood
1915/02/08 D W Griffith Director, Sreenwriter Directed by D W Griffith, "The Birth of a Nation" premieres at Clune's Auditorium (razed) at 427 W 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA. Historic Downtown Creation of Cinematic Film
1915/03/21 Woodrow Wilson US President "The Birth of a Nation" is screened at the White House for President Woodrow Wilson. "It's like writing history with lightning." - Woodrow Wilson White House Executive Residence The White House
1915/06/00 Biograph Theater opens with D W Griffith's "Birth of a Nation". Biograph Theater Building Chicago
1915/11/25 Ku Klux Klan Established William J Simmons leads 15 robed and hooded thugs on a bus from Atlanta to burn a crude pine cross on Stone Mt to mark the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan. Cross burning was not an original Klan activity but from the film "Birth of a Nation". Stone Mountain Memorial State Park Stone Mountain
1916/00/00 "Birth of A Nation" is shown at the New Orpheum Theatre. New Orpheum Theatre Champaign
1918/00/00 Oliver J Burckhardt Activist Burckhardt with JE Jeltz and William Woods successfully block the proposed Lincoln showing of The Birth of a Nation. Courts ruled that the film tended to 'inflame public opinion against backs at a time when blacks were doing their part in the war effort.' Lincoln, NE Nebraska Espionage and Sedition Acts

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Particulars for The Birth of a Nation (film):
Narrative Arts Drama
Film Attribute English Intertitles
Art Type Film
Narrative Arts Live Action
Narrative Arts Narrative an account of connected events




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