The Birth of a Nation - DVD
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Set against the antebellum South, THE BIRTH OF A NATION follows Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner, accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. As he witnesses countless atrocities-against himself and his fellow slaves-Nat orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.
- GenreDramaDescriptionSet against the antebellum South, THE BIRTH OF A NATION follows Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner, accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. As he witnesses countless atrocities-against himself and his fellow slaves-Nat orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.TitleThe Birth of a NationFormatDVDMPAA RatingRStudioDisney
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Set against the antebellum South, THE BIRTH OF A NATION follows Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner, accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. As he witnesses countless atrocities-against himself and his fellow slaves-Nat orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.
Disc 1 The Birth of a Nation One of the most famous silent 'classics' ever made is D.W. Griffith's mammoth drama of one of America's most dramatic moments in history - the Civil War. This film was based upon southerner Thomas Dixon's book The Clansman and told the romanticized story of the struggle of the defeated south against the oppression of the carpetbaggers and scalawags during the reconstructionist period. Griffith's epic has been praised for it's technical aspects, which were far ahead of it's time, and the performance of it's cast. It also has been the cause of heated controversy upon it's and down through the years due to it's anti-African American slant and glorification of the InchOld SouthInch... as well as the foundation of the Ku Klux Klan. Be that as it may, The Birth of a Nation is still possibly one of the most powerful motion pictures ever produced. Silent with a music track. Disc 2 Intolerance Griffith's answer to those who accused his The Birth of a Nation of being racist. He sunk all of his profits from that Civil War feature into the making of this massive movie composed of four separate stories which demonstrates how human intolerance has led to tragedy through the ages.
The Birth of a Nation [DIGITAL VIDEO DISC] Released 2015 product/publication from Reel Vault
Griffith's historic Civil War epic stands as the greatest achievement of the silent screen.
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