Racist Yet Important

Rating: Null/10 (18 May 2002)

If you do not believe that THE BIRTH OF A NATION is extremely prejudice, you are dead wrong. Similarly, if you do not believe that THE BIRTH OF A NATION virtually invented film grammar, you are dead wrong (at the very least, this picture was the most influencial film on other early film makers). There were many great moments in this film, but the idea that one white man could fight of about a half dozen men in blackface is crazy. Nevertheless, this was a milestone in history.