Birth of a nation (Motion picture : 1915) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80024150
Title:
Birth of a nation / David W. Griffith Corporation, Epoch Producing Corporation ; production under the personal direction of D.W. Griffith ; story arranged by D.W. Griffith and Frank E. Woods.
Edition:
Special deluxe edition, collector's edition.
Publisher:
Kino on Video,
Copyright Date:
1993
Description:
2 videocassettes (217 min.) : sound, color tint ; 1/2 in.
Silent motion picture with English intertitles and musical soundtrack added. Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper. Based on the novel "The clansman" by Thomas Dixon, Jr. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1915. Remastered with original color tints. Special contents of this edition : The making of The birth of a nation / written by Russell Merritt. 1992. (30 min. ; col. and b&w).
Summary:
Epic story of two families during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Controversial for heroic portrayal of Ku Klux Klan.
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