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The Birth of a Nation : Homecoming

Flora Cameron (Mae Marsh) embellishes her tattered dress with 'Southern Ermine' (raw cotton) as she and her family prepare to welcome her brother, Ben (Henry B. Walthall), home from the Union hospital in Washington D.C.

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acting, blackface, close-up, costume, depth of field, fade-in, fade-out, full shot, intertitles, long shot, long take, medium shot, music, empathetic, performance, static camera, two-shot

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"Homecoming" in The Birth of a Nation. Directed by D.W. Griffith, Epoch Film Co., 1915, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=1411

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