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Rating: 1/10 (19 October 2009)

Without a doubt a shear test of will given to students of any film teacher to see if we really got the guts. An absolute challenge to make through, Birth Of A Nation (1915 dir. by D.W. Griffith) made me wish I knew more about movies so I could focus on something other than the disagreeable plot line and the apparently revolutionary camera work. the plot was slow moving and non-interesting, both before and after the War took place. I thought the movie would have been better off showing strictly the war, but clearly the writer had a different agenda. Thomas F. Dixon Jr. wanted to show the development of the KKK, but not only show it, glorify it. However despite my opinion, when I checked the facts it turns out that this movie was monumental, in the introduction of Motion Pictures into the mainstream entertainment market. That being said, Birth Of A Nation is a great movie to have knowledge about....but I don't suggest actually watching it.