The Birth of a Nation

Dublin Core

Title

The Birth of a Nation

Subject

Cultural Representation
Art and Entertainment

Description

Group of Klansmen surround freedman Gus (played by white actor Walter Long in blackface) in a scene from director D. W. Griffith's 1915 motion picture The Birth of a Nation.

Creator

D.W. Griffith

Source

YouTube

Publisher

Epoch Producing Co.

Date

1915

Contributor

Lillian Gish
Mae Marsh
Henry B. Walthrall
Miriam Cooper
Mary Alden
Ralph Lewis
George Siegmann
Walter Long
Robert Harmon
Wallace Reid
Jos. Henabery
Elmer Clifton
Josephine Crowell

Rights

Public Domain

Language

English

Type

Movie

Identifier

https://youtu.be/ebtiJH3EOHo?si=5V1mHKoSXvihEzCp

Citation

D.W. Griffith, “The Birth of a Nation,” The Global New Negro, accessed November 24, 2024, https://collections.ccnydigitalscholarship.org/globalnewnegro/items/show/30.