In this way the very basest impulses are given the sanction of godliness, and Mr. Dixon preserves his own respect and the respect of such people go by the label and not by the rot-gut they consume. To have it swirl, as the Klan costumes do, especially when riding and rearing up on horseback, heightens the primary spectacle of film as light. Perspectives on Southern Culture, edited by Richard H. King and Helen Taylor. If one of his heroes is about to do something particularly loathsome, Mr. Dixon thrusts a crucifix in his hand and has him roll his eyes to heaven. In this way the very basest of impulses are given the sanction of godliness.
White women are the central focus of Birth.
What is at stake in the film is the survival of the white race. Women are both implicitly the means for its survival of the white race. It is their purity that literally embodies the transcendent superiority of the white race. Perspectives on Southern Culture, edited by Richard H. King and Helen Taylor. The weird and mystical garb of these defenders of Aryan race supremacy has given the director splendid opportunities which he utilized to the fullest.