D.W. Griffith stoked racism with 'Birth of a Nation.' A playwright imagines what happened next
After the deeply divisive reception of "The Birth of a Nation," director D.W. Griffith released "Broken Blossoms," in which a ...
PBS6 年
The First Resurgence
After the 1915 premiere of D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, there was a resurgence in the Ku Klux Klan in America. By the mid-1920s, nearly 4 million Americans claimed Klan membership ...
Just in time for the election, here are 10 political films you have to see
From the moment D.W. Griffith released "Birth of a Nation," political leaders and their best and worst have been fodder for ...
Moviefone1 年
I Am Not a Racist
A parody of D. W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation", "I Am Not a Racist" rearranges the scenes of the classic movie and recreates its dialogues to criticize the racism in it and also in the world ...