[DOC] [TLE] "The Birth of a Nation" 100 Years Later: Why Woodrow Wilson's ... [PAR] Jul 23, 2015 ... Yes, President Woodrow Wilson, Democrat, said this and worse. ... On the 
evening of March 21, 1915, President Woodrow Wilson attended a ... After seeing 
the film, an enthusiastic Wilson reportedly remarked: "It is like writing ... 
Expanding upon The Birth of a Nation's extraordinary success as a popular... [DOC] [TLE] The Birth of a Nation - PBS [PAR] On the evening of March 21, 1915, President Woodrow Wilson attended a special 
... of THE BIRTH OF A NATION, a film directed by D.W. Griffith and based on THE 
... After seeing the film, an enthusiastic Wilson reportedly remarked: "It is like... [DOC] [TLE] The Birth of a Nation - Wikipedia [PAR] Griffith on the set of The Birth of a Nation (1915) with actor Henry Walthall and 
others. The Birth of a Nation (originally called The Clansman) is a 1915 American 
silent epic drama ... Under President Woodrow Wilson it was the first American 
motion picture to be screened at the White House. Griffith's innovative techniques
... [DOC] [TLE] The Birth of a Nation Movie Review (1915) | Roger Ebert [PAR] Mar 30, 2003 ... On the other hand, the equally distinguished critic Andrew Sarris wrote ... "It is like 
writing history with Lightning. ... President Woodrow Wilson, allegedly after 
seeing it at a White ... Certainly "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) presents a 
challenge for ... It says something about my own conflicted state of mind that I... [DOC] [TLE] A new 'Birth of a Nation' dredges up the complicated, ugly legacy of ... [PAR] Sep 30, 2016 ... D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation plays as a strange and troubling ... With 
sweeping shots and intimate close-ups, the 1915 silent film heralded the ... This 
was certainly on the mind of Nate Parker, who brazenly borrowed .... After seeing 
the film, Wilson said: It is like writing history with lightning, and my... [DOC] [TLE] The Birth of a Nation | IndieWire [PAR] Apr 20, 2011 ... The Film Critics went on: The recasting of this honor, which had been awarded ... 
Certainly it was not the fault of The Birth of A Nation that it took another nearly fifty 
... Remember, in 1915, the First World War having just begun, ... after seeing it 
President Wilson said, It is like writing history with lightning. [DOC] [TLE] 'Selma' and 'The Birth of a Nation': A tale of two films, 100 years apart [PAR] Feb 24, 2015 ... Since its premiere, The Birth of a Nation has been heralded as a landmark in film. 
For decades, critics and historians sidestepped its racist content to focus on the 
film's ... President Woodrow Wilson was said to comment: "It is like writing ... The 
1915 film justified domestic terrorism and vigilantism to defend... [DOC] [TLE] snopes.com: Like history written with lightning [PAR] Does anyone know if Woodrow Wilson really said this about the Griffith ... of a 
Nation (based on a book by his former classmate Thomas Dixon), saying: "It is 
like writing history with lightning, and my only regret is that it is all so true. ... that 
Wilson had pronounced of The Birth of a Nation that "It is like writing... [DOC] [TLE] Movies: 100 years on, debate on 'Birth of a Nation' endures [PAR] Feb 15, 2015 ... D.W. Griffith's three-hour Civil War epic, The Birth of a Nation, was released in 
April 1915 after a special showing in March at President ... Eric Foner, a leading 
Reconstruction historian, said in a recent .... and people looked back on 'Birth of a 
Nation,' seeing it through new and more enlightened eyes. And... [DOC] [TLE] The Birth of a Nation (1915) - TCM.com [PAR] Based on a novel by Thomas Dixon, Jr. called The Clansman, the movie's plot is 
... When a 1915 editorial in the New York Globe attacked The

Question: Upon seeing "The Birth of a Nation" in 1915, this president said, "It is like writing history with lightning"
Answer: Wilson