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Uniform Title Birth of a nation (Motion picture)
Title The birth of a nation
Published [North Melbourne, Vic.] : Beyond Home Entertainment [distributor], [2009]
©2009

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB  791.4372 Gri/Boa  AVAILABLE
Description 1 videodisc (approximately 187 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet
Summary This epic Civil War drama, using the interwoven stories of two families, one Southern and one Northern, is one of the most influential films in the history of the cinema and, because of its racism, one of the most controversial
Notes Originally released as a motion picture in 1915
Includes special feature: 12 page illustrated booklet
Includes: The Making of Birth of a Nation: includes Civil War footage and many previously unseen stills
Based on the novels The Clansman and The Leopard's Spots by Thomas Dixon
Credits Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry Walthall
Notes Rated: M
DVD format, region 4 ; PAL
Silent with orchestral score
Available to Deakin University staff and students only
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Drama. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100164
Genre/Form Feature films.
Video recordings.
Drama.
Author Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946. Clansman
Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946. Leopard's spots
Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.
Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968.
Other Titles At head of title: D.W. Griffith's The birth of a nation