The Birth of a Nation

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

Mar 8, 1915

Runtime

3h 15m

Director

D.W. Griffith

Country

United States of America

Company

Epoch Film Co., D.W. Griffith Productions, Epoch Productions

Budget

$100,000

Revenue

$100,000,000