The Birth of a Nation
D. W. Griffith
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In its time, "The Birth of a Nation" was a masterpiece. Its racist undertones and revisionism are quite disturbing, but it is still worth watching for its historical influence.
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- Public domain
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- The Clansman, Thomas Dixon Jr.'s novel of 1905: free in the United States, as it was first published in 1905, and its US term of 95 years has ended (17 U.S.C. §304(b), §305).
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- D. W. Griffith
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