Brilliant historical drama

Rating: Null/10 (8 March 2003)

Birth of a Nation is one of those rare brilliant films that comes along just a few times in a great long while. It was so magnificently done that even in the 21st century, film-makers are still awed by its' breath-taking style and grand epic inspired perspective.
Along with the incredibly well made production comes a history lesson in the Civil War and its' subsequent Reconstruction Period that has been long since banned from public school books and forbidden from rational discussion in historical dialogue.
The realities of the barbarism of the Union armies committed against Confederate civilians and the period that followed where White Southerners were denied their civil rights are displayed in the brutality of the era.
Griffith's artistic bravery in accurately depicting the KKK as heroes (unlike the degenerates that occupy those roles today) in that time should be applauded.
Although I dislike silent films, this film stands as a marvelous achievement and a must viewing for students of film-making and of anyone interested in an accurate perspective of the Civil War and the Reconstruction period.
I highly recommend it.