The Birth of a Nation (1915)

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The Civil War divides friends and destroys families, but that's nothing compared to the anarchy in the black-ruled South after the war. (imdb)

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Genres: Drama, War

Country: USA

Directed By: D.W. Griffith

Written By: Thomas Dixon Jr.

Starring: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis, Donald Crisp, Robert Harron, Walter Long, Wallace Reid, George Siegmann, Joseph Henabery

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Date	User	Rating
Jun 11	robinn	25 _8%
Jun 06	Alex Krajci	100 _0%
Jun 01	gertrud	25 _15%
May 10	bhoy	40 _25%
May 09	Prokroustis	90 _91%
May 07	HombredeMaiz	35 _17%
Apr 28	altiparmakli	0 _0%
Apr 21	TomLeazak	70 _0%
Apr 20	berkemaranko	50 _9%
Apr 12	Grapheme	95 _98%
Apr 05	mfl	61 _52%
Apr 04	coldesser	60 _0%
Mar 29	lostcinema	20 _6%
Mar 27	paulmd	70 _48%
Mar 09	nunobar	20 _2%
Feb 13	directorscut	85 _72%
Feb 06	bolinek	0 _1%
Jan 03	Cheezy Dub	20 _0%
Jan 02	Alcofribas	30 _15%
Dec 30, 2020	NathanBates	60 _34%
When I was in college, I was amazed at the "epic-ness" of this movie. Revisiting it thirty-some years later, I cringe at the rampant racism that gets worse as the movie goes on. It's an important film, but it's challenging to disentangle the innovative film techniques from the contemptible story.
Dec 24, 2020	ExcessStarch	20 _43%
Dec 19, 2020	ForrestQ	0 _0%
There's literally no way to judge this film purely on it's cinematic merits, of which it doesn't really have much anyways, in the context of its historical impact. Can't honestly think of a film that lead to more murder and hate, the effects of which are still reverberating today. The fact that we've had over 100 years of black people calling this movie out as racist trash and it's still the backbone of film history is super gross.
Nov 09, 2020	vesuvius	50 _24%
Oct 22, 2020	jamienelson	60 _22%
Oct 19, 2020	Nikelodeon	45 _5%
Sep 28, 2020	Opio	50 _36%
Sep 28, 2020	PrestoBix40	31 _82%
Sep 23, 2020	ludymylla	50 _21%
Sep 22, 2020	PrestoBix	89 _83%
Sep 09, 2020	Warhawk	30 _1%
Aug 30, 2020	jam66539	80 _85%
Aug 28, 2020	theloca95	70 _41%
Aug 18, 2020	dennislala	31 _10%
Aug 17, 2020	Fulgance	50 _11%
Aug 14, 2020	posetitel	70 _50%
Jul 25, 2020	hubergl7	60 _0%
Jul 23, 2020	Eggeplante	50 _22%
Jul 17, 2020	TheShiznit	42 _42%
Jul 14, 2020	TheDiceman	50 _34%
Well.......that happened. Interesting film indeed.
Jul 11, 2020	Scar	70 _43%
Jul 06, 2020	Pickle_Man	100 _94%
It's kinda racist. https://letterboxd.com/pickle_man2135/film/the-birth-of-a-nation/
Jul 05, 2020	zzzorf	70 _66%
Jul 02, 2020	selingoknar	70 _42%
Jun 13, 2020	D Lightman	75 _86%
Jun 08, 2020	ZephSilver	50 _32%
May 31, 2020	le mami	10 _8%
This is the nation that should be dead now. And, I can ignore the creator's thought, ideology but I can't deny the film's. It is the one of the most racist, disgusting thing I have ever watched. The biggest problem is that it is well crafted, well directed shit. So, it just makes things harder.
May 30, 2020	joeroxy	50 _13%
May 27, 2020	gunduzfeneri	70 _37%
May 22, 2020	Omid Ranjbar	47 _39%
May 19, 2020	hellothere	10 _0%
May 19, 2020	TSARK	20 _1%
May 17, 2020	feritdgn	60 _29%
May 08, 2020	Hyperion+	3 _42%
Apr 18, 2020	Steelflight	0 _1%
Apr 14, 2020	electric	30 _2%
Apr 13, 2020	tallkotte	1 _1%
Apr 12, 2020	balseiros	65 _29%
Apr 11, 2020	ackdet	1 _0%
Apr 08, 2020	GavanRex	70 _16%
Mar 27, 2020	spearmint	72 _71%
Mar 25, 2020	matthagen	7 _1%
Feb 24, 2020	nospr	50 _26%
Feb 24, 2020	ehornz	1 _0%
Feb 22, 2020	pi3r8	50 _0%
Feb 11, 2020	UgDemirelce	40 _2%
Feb 01, 2020	CineLounge	66 _52%
Jan 26, 2020	rebet	100 _0%
Jan 13, 2020	thyron	50 _4%
Jan 02, 2020	Ammar44	0 _0%
Jan 01, 2020	BahtiyarL	30 _5%
Dec 29, 2019	JMCB	16 _31%
Dec 20, 2019	geogkrt	50 _19%
Dec 01, 2019	DomTosco	60 _32%
Nov 29, 2019	oldscotland	85 _35%
Nov 22, 2019	stjhka	70 _48%
Oct 22, 2019	flipperrbm	5 _57%
Oct 14, 2019	Scu	80 _84%
Sep 25, 2019	MzeeShikamu	44 _0%
Sep 16, 2019	Kerfoot32	27 _16%
Sep 10, 2019	lance20000	40 _14%
The Birth of a Nation is a complicated movie that every film student has seen. On a technical production level, it helped establish the some of the major rules of film making. On a narrative level, it is disgusting and ignorant.
Aug 30, 2019	wintersunset	60 _31%
Aug 13, 2019	Berk Tuna	80 _54%
Aug 09, 2019	bal3x	30 _3%
Jul 27, 2019	Amir abbas	70 _44%
Jun 08, 2019	Geslimmar	50 _38%
Jun 07, 2019	Nangijala	45 _28%
May 28, 2019	Dalboz	90 _93%
May 26, 2019	Teproc	54 _34%
May 04, 2019	Philosofem	64 _32%
Apr 27, 2019	nickyeyez	70 _44%
Impossible to judge this film based on its merits of storytelling and foundations of feature film narrative without examining its purely deplorable racist and hateful imagery and content.
Apr 23, 2019	AHALE80	70 _34%
Apr 07, 2019	TheRuins	70 _88%
Mar 22, 2019	DarrenCB	90 _86%
Mar 07, 2019	Nakashima	42 _6%
While technically an achievement in film history, I honestly couldn't watch the whole thing after being assigned it in my film course.
Feb 23, 2019	TimeCapsule	59 _49%
Still studied today for its impact on filmmaking and American race relations, the technical masterpiece of racist propaganda is a fascinating source of historical insight into the distorting influences on the collective memory of the American Civil War & Reconstruction. The film's perpetuation of the myth of the "Lost Cause of the Confederacy" and its use in the growth of the second KKK, make it more than just an important piece of film history, but also a troubling part of American history too.
Feb 22, 2019	napolenbrady	82 _14%
82.00
Feb 15, 2019	mattorama12	40 _7%
Part I on the Civil War is particularly bad, except for the Lincoln assassination. Part II on Reconstruction is where the racism gets turned up to 11, but at least it's not as boring as the first half. Overall, you can appreciate it for its innovation, but it stands out for its historical significance and not for the value a modern audience will get.
Feb 15, 2019	Kaan Kavusan	5 _1%
istersen sinemanın kendisini icat etmiş ol, ikinci bölüm, bir buçuk saat komple ırkçılık şovun, ku klux klancılığın karşılığı bu puan. tarihsel değere puanım anca 5.
Feb 11, 2019	AAD101192	74 _74%
Feb 05, 2019	tsumanne	50 _24%
Jan 29, 2019	livcali	67 _8%
Jan 27, 2019	Panunzio	66 _26%
Jan 19, 2019	jokevv	60 _41%
Jan 19, 2019	ibi8588	20 _4%
Jan 13, 2019	gossamer2019	50 _20%
Jan 12, 2019	Grumblebutt	55 _4%
Jan 05, 2019	ekraft	3 _10%
Jan 04, 2019	rrppo	1 _4%
Dec 27, 2018	knives	65 _25%
Dec 17, 2018	BabyBlue42	5 _0%
Dec 16, 2018	FraGil	0 _0%
Dec 03, 2018	worrywirt	40 _10%
Nov 25, 2018	buddhalou	70 _48%
Nov 04, 2018	basedonnthng	80 _59%
Oct 16, 2018	Toke Za	50 _28%
Oct 07, 2018	julesfmb	62 _43%
Oct 05, 2018	Zalgoz	50 _31%
Sep 18, 2018	bubsy	7 _88%
Sep 14, 2018	spizcraft	80 _75%
Jul 26, 2018	CMQuinn	70 _49%
Jul 26, 2018	RuruSmasher	10 _0%
Horrible racist propaganda crap vs stunning technical achievement? Obvs, I won't give this an 80 (like the PSI), because I don't give a shit how stunning a movie is technically if its message is dehumanizing, oppressive, abhorrent. I believe in making responsible art.
Jul 25, 2018	drou7	78 _66%
Jul 12, 2018	AchwellFoley	40 _22%
Jul 10, 2018	JepAndButch	5 _38%
Jun 29, 2018	peekingpanda	50 _55%
Jun 01, 2018	allneonslike	55 _33%
May 29, 2018	Harmonica	89 _89%
A technical masterpiece and propaganda piece that has remained terrifyingly watchable through the ages thanks to its immaculate, pioneering construction.
May 12, 2018	hotsake	63 _55%
The movie is an amazing feat of a technical level but I found the movie too long and the story of the second half to be a unenjoyable chore to sit through. The first half of the movie that shows the civil war and leads up to the assassination of Lincoln was grand and reasonably paced. Worth watching once even with the objectionable material in the second half.
May 07, 2018	Grandaddy	60 _29%
May 05, 2018	normatic	90 _96%
May 04, 2018	jagarnyfiken	30 _9%
May 01, 2018	John Milton	70 _61%
Apr 15, 2018	nobamba	80 _86%
Apr 13, 2018	dourface	30 _6%
Apr 10, 2018	bd741	60 _42%
Mar 24, 2018	driscarpin	0 _0%
Ano de Centenário de André Bazin: Repassando os filmes citados em Qu'est-ce que le cinéma? Filme #35 Pois vamos lá, é uma experiência horrenda, vil e degradante, não há técnica e aprimoramento da linguagem cinematográfica que sobreviva à desonestidade narrativa deste filme. Fiquem com a obra-prima Intolerance, porque esse aqui não vale a linha que gastaram pra fazer o "uniforme" da Ku Klux Klan. DVD Obras-primas do cinema D.W. Griffith.
Mar 05, 2018	DrWade42	70 _61%
Feb 21, 2018	generaltor	0 _0%
Jan 29, 2018	rememberthis	50 _16%
Jan 14, 2018	thakatk1969	82 _36%
Jan 13, 2018	Uatu	2 _40%
Jan 04, 2018	Kayyum	75 _76%
Jan 03, 2018	cetincelik	80 _74%
Dec 27, 2017	turhank	60 _15%
Dec 24, 2017	eassin	38 _12%
Dec 23, 2017	Kobaruon	80 _86%
Dec 20, 2017	Systematicer	50 _26%
Dec 19, 2017	bennick218	75 _45%
Nov 30, 2017	ulm2131	10 _0%
Nov 29, 2017	Cocoa	30 _3%
Nov 28, 2017	lamb-duh	30 _2%
Nov 28, 2017	Æneαs	80 _72%
Nov 17, 2017	teaty666	70 _88%
Oct 29, 2017	misternose	80 _81%
Oct 15, 2017	sosadetz	60 _40%
Oct 10, 2017	jsopanen	33 _1%
Oct 01, 2017	sandrikoti	100 _83%
Sep 16, 2017	jimmyp	60 _26%
Sep 10, 2017	eblakeb	0 _9%
Sep 09, 2017	Arberwaticus	20 _1%
This, very bias piece of history is one of the greatest films ever made. Its about the birth of a terrible plague in the world still today.
Aug 21, 2017	TMDaines	70 _43%
Aug 18, 2017	SnorlaxJones	0 _0%
Aug 17, 2017	kafkalamak	55 _9%
Aug 13, 2017	DeadFox	50 _14%
Aug 10, 2017	lh.bb	99 _99%
Aug 06, 2017	luord	50 _27%
It is, of course, landmark filmmaking. Still, it's morally bankrupt, even for its time. Also too long.
Aug 02, 2017	whataboutit	70 _16%
Jul 15, 2017	milopalmer	41 _0%
Jul 05, 2017	haljordan2	1 _0%
Jun 13, 2017	AHP	65 _21%
Jun 04, 2017	deanjames	65 _47%
May 30, 2017	aymansousa	50 _34%
May 19, 2017	andr	1 _13%
May 10, 2017	albajos	40 _28%
May 04, 2017	BadCosmonaut	3 _22%
Apr 12, 2017	SirStuckey	10 _1%
The first part is a decent little anti-war movie with only slight racism a film made in 1915 can be somewhat forgiven for. Then it decides to dive into psycho racist non-sense and literally refuses to end. There's a good chance I just hallucinated the end credits and the movie is still engaging in Ku Klux Klan propaganda. If you must watch a movie with "ground breaking" film making I suggest one that is actually palatable.
Apr 10, 2017	TheMarkle	60 _38%
Mar 08, 2017	letterboxdvo	29 _25%
Feb 28, 2017	wildee	60 _43%
Feb 26, 2017	Lemonade	34 _21%
Feb 25, 2017	lisko	50 _23%
Feb 25, 2017	mCihhh	90 _94%
Feb 22, 2017	RYM-byrates	56 _35%
Feb 20, 2017	NickLeonhart	81 _54%
Feb 03, 2017	pythag3	100 _93%
Feb 01, 2017	certainwoman	43 _21%
Jan 23, 2017	Buff	50 _75%
Jan 14, 2017	mjbreuer	53 _24%
Dec 26, 2016	Rebert	8 _87%
Dec 21, 2016	Bunken	50 _38%
Dec 19, 2016	mw067	85 _64%
Dec 07, 2016	dcrouch1	8 _66%
Dec 01, 2016	kupfertj	85 _87%
Nov 21, 2016	aross	10 _6%
Nov 17, 2016	Mr.Blumfeld	60 _33%
Nov 16, 2016	jerrywarton	84 _95%
Nov 10, 2016	Ronin22	49 _48%
Nov 09, 2016	bahatamer	11 _7%
Oct 03, 2016	strangelime	55 _9%
Sep 30, 2016	BreesKnees	0 _0%
Sep 26, 2016	ERogers	100 _90%
Sep 13, 2016	matthewmj336	0 _0%
Sep 13, 2016	AlexBrisson	0 _0%
Sep 12, 2016	opium_den	94 _52%
Aug 27, 2016	NickP	50 _11%
Aug 27, 2016	Deaths	92 _92%
Aug 25, 2016	sinefilcocuk	8 _83%
Aug 03, 2016	ZaxxonZaxxo	50 _12%
Jul 26, 2016	anaconda-406	60 _47%
Jul 22, 2016	Dark_Ryder14	93 _95%
Jul 19, 2016	walkearth	65 _72%
Striking and very funny racism on that one. Quite sophisticated battle scenes, but Intolerance tops it in terms of set design and costumes. Great performances - Mae Marsh and Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall too. Lincoln and the black man with the shifting face were great. Loved it - we rarely see films showing a different angle to stories nowadays.
Jul 18, 2016	ibodirector	75 _73%
Jul 13, 2016	letskillrobots	1 _4%
Can't believe it took 100 years for them to make a sequel
Jul 10, 2016	muratkrks	60 _29%
Jul 07, 2016	izwt936g	91 _87%
Jul 04, 2016	MrWhiplash	70 _36%
Jul 04, 2016	syl7req	61 _54%
Jul 03, 2016	piddle	43 _4%
Jun 29, 2016	ehchandler	100 _95%
Jun 12, 2016	gavinbennett	60 _50%
May 30, 2016	Stricken157	17 _3%
Id rather drink a glass of horse semen and smash the nails off my toes with a sledge hammer than watch this abomination again
May 29, 2016	rocinantes	77 _38%
May 28, 2016	mrci	30 _11%
Apr 28, 2016	Barraoc	60 _38%
The Birth of a Nation is a technically impressive historic artifact. The story, however, is repugnant. #1001Movies
Apr 18, 2016	Implar	60 _3%
Apr 18, 2016	Gifts	75 _63%
Mar 28, 2016	davesv	76 _48%
Mar 27, 2016	Steamlord	10 _0%
Mar 24, 2016	Cebion	60 _11%
Mar 17, 2016	RealMacgyver	70 _51%
As racist as it is long, and it's very long. That said the technical achievements in the film itself are very impressive for the time.
Mar 13, 2016	FrancoGonzo	17 _92%
Mar 07, 2016	aurora	48 _31%
Mar 01, 2016	TartanLlama	70 _54%
Feb 25, 2016	AmarDesai	80 _70%
Feb 09, 2016	NightGoat72	25 _15%
Jan 28, 2016	gahema94	0 _0%
Jan 22, 2016	Gossamer	1 _32%
Jan 21, 2016	photina	0 _0%
It's just racist. Next?
Jan 18, 2016	Grishma123	50 _4%
Jan 07, 2016	bybrt	25 _5%
Jan 06, 2016	wallmasterz	60 _11%
Jan 03, 2016	kk3thess	70 _62%
Jan 02, 2016	exitexitquit	78 _72%
Dec 31, 2015	amster	10 _3%
Dec 22, 2015	rafaelbastos	95 _93%
Dec 19, 2015	Lammetje	70 _49%
Dec 16, 2015	MUBIvotes	32 _41%
Dec 15, 2015	robot2xl	72 _19%
Dec 12, 2015	gurazuru	70 _30%
Dec 07, 2015	Llanirev	60 _34%

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