The birth of a nation [videorecording DVD] ; the birth of a race / produced by Lumivision Corporation & International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House ; director, D.W. Griffith.
Birth of a nation: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis, George Seigmann, Walter Long. 1990 videodisc release of the 1915 motion picture. Adapted from Thomas Dixoon's novel, The clansman. "This edition has been digitally transferred from the finest 35mm print at the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House. While not a formal restoration of the 1915 edition ... it has been transferred at the correct frame rate of 16 fps with authentic color tones electronically re-created. The original score by Joseph Broil has been compiled and reorchestrated by RJ Miller, recorded and remixed completely in the digital domain"--Container.
Summary:
The story of two families, North and South, who are caught up in the Civil War and then the Reconstruction period. Includes an abbreviated version of "The birth of a race" (1918) which was conceived as a protest against the racism of "Birth of a nation."
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