Well that was... interesting.

Rating: 3/10 (23 February 2011)

OK personally I'm not one that enjoys silent films. I enjoy them even less when the whole second half of the film tries to glorify racism through a backwards telling of post Civil War reconstruction. I fully recognize that this film has historical significance; not in the sense of the historical content of the film but the impact it had on society. I mean a whole nation watched as the Klu Klux Clan were made to seem like heroes while the newly freed African Americans were viewed as a ravenous bunch that have gone mad with their newly found freedom! Am I seriously supposed to sit here and watch as white men in black face make idiots out of the selves and think "Oh my god, who will stop these horrible brutes! If only racist ghosts would come in on white steeds and save these poor people!" I mean who in their right mind would believe this non-sense of blacks stuffing ballot ballot boxes as the poor whites watched helplessly as their whole way of life was taken over! Oh that's right most of America in the early 1900's.(sigh) Wow have we come a long way!