THE BIRTH OF A NATION - (1915) (BLU-RAY DISC) IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Both celebrated as a landmark achievement in the development of film form and reviled for its racist characterisations and affirmation of the Ku Klux Klan, D W Griffith's epic account of the American Civil War and its aftermath is still one of the most controversial films ever made. It tells the story of two families, the Stonemans from the North and the Camerons from the South, and the way in which they are both caught up in the turmoil which befalls a sleepy Deep South town when Northern Abolitionists threaten to outlaw the slave trade which has existed there for years. Things go from bad to worse when Ben Cameron's little sister dies at the hands of Gus, a black farmhand, and Ben dons a Ku Klux Klan mask both to avenge her death and to come to the rescue of his beloved girlfriend (Lillian Gish), who has been kidnapped by a corrupt mixed-race governor. Interactive Menus Scene Access Bonus Footage Making Of Documentary Features Summary Both celebrated as a landmark achievement in the development of film form and reviled for its racist characterisations and affirmation of the Ku Klux Klan... Studio Eureka! Format Blu-ray disc Release date 20130722 Contributors Lillian Gish (Actor), Mae Marsh (Actor), Miriam Cooper (Actor), Robert Harron (Actor), Josephine Cromwell (Actor), Spottiswood Aiken (Actor), J. A Beringer (Actor), Donald Crisp (Actor), John French (Actor), Joseph Henabery (Actor), Eugene Pallette (Actor), Wallace Reid (Actor), Raoul Walsh (Actor), Henry B. Walthall (Actor), D.W. Griffith, D.W. Griffith (Director)