# The Birth of a Nation

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.

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1915
- Runtime: 3 h
- By: D. W. Griffith
- Genres: Silent
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Birth_of_a_Nation.ogv)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Made from: 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).
- Credit: D. W. Griffith
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/63474231?play=1)