The Birth of a Nation
Actors: Henry B. Walthall, Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper
Genre: Drama, History, War
Runtime: 195 min
Awards: 2 wins.
The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
