D.W. GriffithD.W. Griffith might be a racist, but that doesn't mean he isn't a next-level director. Beginning his career as a playwright and actor, Griffith directed his first short film, The Adven...

D.W. Griffith and Frank E. WoodsBeing a silent film, The Birth of a Nation isn't exactly known for its screenplay. There are really not a lot of memorable lines in this one.The script was written b...

David W. Griffith CorpThe Birth of a Nation was produced by a little company called David W. Griffith Corp. That's right—Griffith didn't just write and direct the film, but he also formed a compa...

Silent FilmThe Birth of a Nation might be the most well-known silent film not directed by Charlie Chaplin. It has everything you expect from a silent film of its era, with the actors employing a bo...

A lot of attention gets paid to the camera techniques innovated by The Birth of a Nation, but the film was equally revolutionary when it comes to music.Like most silent films of the era, The Birth...

So…this one is kind of complicated. On one hand, The Birth of a Nation didn't create a fandom in the typical sense of the word. On the other, the film directly inspired the rebirth of the Ku Klux...