The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!

OverView :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.

Release Date: 1915-02-08

Runtime: 195 minutes

Popularity: 5.1127

Language: en

Votes: 557


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