The Birth of a Nation: Directed by D.W. Griffith. With Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper. The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of t
of slavery first-hand and decides, after a brutal (fictious) rape on Cherry, to rebel and cause an uprising. The film is a sad one. It is sad because of slavery, because of the brutality, yes...but the saddest part of The Birth of a Nation is the idea of what could have been....
The effect was powerful and screenings in more cities echoed the display, including movie ushers donning white sheets. Klansmen also handed out KKK literature before and after screenings. The NAACP protested The Birth of a Nation but the film’s popularity was too strong. With Black troops ...
The unconscious racism and implied unquestioning acceptance of black inferiority in that statement reflect Griffith’s view of black-white relations. Thirty years later, those attitudes would find new expression in The Birth of a Nation. As a young man, Griffith tried a variety of jobs but nursed...
D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation” plays as a strange and troubling artifact, a grainy, flickering work of artistic brilliance whose images are at once breathtaking and repugnant.
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Wednesday, saying the lingering issue, repeatedly raised by Donald Trump, kept the nation ‘sidetracked.’“We’re not going to be able to solve our problems if we get sidetracked by side shows and carnival barkers,” Obama told reporters in the White House briefing room Wednesday morning. –...
Educators & Students ■ NOV/DEC 2013 GUEST EDITORIAL The Birth of Lincoln Center Education By Russell Granet, Executive Director hen I arrived at Lincoln Center a lit- tle more than a year ago, I was given the once-in-a-lifetime challenge to rethink the world's leading perform- ing arts...
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This is a powerful intervention to reclaim the power of a Black birthing woman, who an episode earlier nearly consented to a what turned out to be an unnecessary medical induction of labor with a white obstetrician resident. We are never privy to the negotiations around the adoption plan ...