The Birth of a Nation

Name: The Birth of a Nation
Released: 1915-03-08

6.019153h 13mDrama • History

"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 co...