The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine in director D.W. Griffith's controversial Civil War epic. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
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Freeing of the Slaves
In the opening scene, the abolitionists push to free the slaves.
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Climax of the War
The South struggles to hold on in the civil war as the Union armies block its supplies.
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Assassination of Lincoln
President Lincoln is shot and killed at the theatre, in the presence of the Stonemans.
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Gus chases Flora
Gus chases Flora after she rejects his marriage proposal, resulting in fatal consequences.
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The Clan to the Rescue
The KKK comes to the rescue of the Camerons, who are taking refuge from their attackers in the cabin.
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