The Birth of a Nation—director D. W. Griffith’s 1915 silent film masterpiece—is a racist piece of garbage.
The film, which celebrates its 100th anniversary on Sunday, tells the story of two families during the American Civil War and Reconstruction.
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“Birth of a Nation” turns 100 today, and it is still outrageously racist. Yet, it also was also groundbreaking and great film.
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