The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'

1993
24m
Documentary
6.0/10

A short documentary about the making of D. W. Griffith's controversial 'The Birth of a Nation'.

Cast

David Shepard

Narrator

D.W. Griffith

Self (Archive footage)

Lillian Gish

Self (Archive footage)

Miriam Cooper

Self (Archive footage)

Mae Marsh

Self (Archive footage)

George Siegmann

Self (Archive footage)

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