The Irony of a Masterpiece filled with controversy.

Rating: 9/10 (20 April 2018)

First of all .. this movie has 2 sides .. Good and bad.
This film is a masterpiece of cinema, The Birth of A Nation is the birth of an art, the art in motion pictures.
everything featured in this movie wasn't all that good. the acting department wasn't too convincing, quite theatrical.. a bit excessive. it's just that the central figure has something more, a convincing acting that later catapulted her name in the Hollywood cinema world. Lilian Gish who played Elsie Stoneman very well.
The advantages of this film is in technicality. cinematography which is a new breakthrough in its era, the camera angle that makes a scene reach the audience, backgrounds and night camera techniques, lens focus, the editing scene per scene and of course its MOVING CAMERA.
everything tasted fresh.
The first part of this movie feels magnificent and epic. it's far from the controversy and about 15 minutes of it full of bombs, gun smoke, dozens of horses, dozens of cannons and hundreds of extras in the crazy Union vs Confederation civil war scenes, at least that's what I had in mind considering this movie is 113 years old. the shot techniques using bird's eye view and medium shots alternately adds more excitement in watching every action scene, not to mention the shooting technique using moving camera that focus on the 'little colonel' on horseback. the climax was the confrontation of two different friends in a situation of confusion on the battlefield that led to the death of both characters.
The second part of the film is the controversy and causes a lot of impact afterwards.
throughout the 3 hours 15 minutes of this film, 90% of its extras of black people is 'white people painted black'. this was already a very strong racism, not to mention that the Afro-American people in the second half of the film was depicted as barbaric and superficial, full of exaggerated emotions.
in order to understand what I mean, I highly recommend you to watch this movie. especially the second half of the film.
all of the controversy was overrun by KKK (Klu Klux Klan) which been made by the director as the 'savior' of the country from the tragedy that devastated the southern region of America.
regardless of all the controversies, this film is a milestone in the history of world cinema, especially for war and epic genres.
many films are trying to figure out how the Civil War happened after this movie and make this film as an example.
it is the irony of a masterpiece filled with controversy.