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The Birth of a Nation

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Rated: 6.7
Run time: 125 min
Director: D.W. Griffith
Actors: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper
Year: 1915

SYNOPSIS

Two brothers, Phil and Ted Stoneman, visit their friends in Piedmont, South Carolina: the family Cameron. This friendship is affected by the Civil War, as the Stonemans and the Camerons must join up opposite armies. The consequences of the War in their lives are shown in connection to major historical events, like the development of the Civil War itself, Lincoln's assassination, and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.