The Birth of a Nation

***The Birth of a Nation*** (awalnya disebut ***The Clansman***) adalah sebuah film drama epik bisu Amerika tahun 1915 yang disutradarai dan diproduksi oleh D. W. Griffith dan dibintangi oleh Lillian Gish. Skenarionya diadaptasi dari novel dan drama *[[The Clansman]]*, keduanya buatan Thomas Dixon Jr. Griffith menulis naskahnya (dengan Frank E. Woods), dan memproduksi film tersebut (dengan Harry Aitken). Film tersebut dirilis pada 8 Februari 1915.

## Referensi

**Daftar pustaka**
* Addams, Jane, in *Crisis: A Record of Darker Races*, X (May 1915), 19, 41, and (June 1915), 88.
* Bogle, Donald. *Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films* (1973).
* Brodie, Fawn M. *Thaddeus Stevens, Scourge of the South* (New York, 1959), p.&nbsp;86–93. Corrects the historical record as to Dixon's false representation of Stevens in this film with regard to his racial views and relations with his housekeeper.
* Chalmers, David M. *Hooded Americanism: The History of the Ku Klux Klan* (New York: 1965), p.&nbsp;30 *Cook, Raymond Allen. *Fire from the Flint: The Amazing Careers of Thomas Dixon* (Winston-Salem, N.C., 1968).
* Franklin, John Hope. "Silent Cinema as Historical Mythmaker". **In** *Myth America: A Historical Anthology, Volume II*. 1997. Gerster, Patrick, and Cords, Nicholas. (editors.) Brandywine Press, St. James, NY. 
* Franklin, John Hope, "Propaganda as History" pp.&nbsp;10–23 in *Race and History: Selected Essays 1938–1988* (Louisiana State University Press, 1989); first published in *The Massachusetts Review*, 1979. Describes the history of the novel *The Clan* and this film.
* Franklin, John Hope, *Reconstruction After the Civil War* (Chicago, 1961), p.&nbsp;5–7.
* Hickman, Roger. *Reel Music: Exploring 100 Years of Film Music* (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006).
* Hodapp, Christopher L., and Alice Von Kannon, *Conspiracy Theories & Secret Societies For Dummies* (Hoboken: Wiley, 2008) p.&nbsp;235–6.
* Korngold, Ralph, *Thaddeus Stevens. A Being Darkly Wise and Rudely Great* (New York: 1955) pp.&nbsp;72–76. corrects Dixon's false characterization of Stevens' racial views and of his dealings with his housekeeper.
* Leab, Daniel J., *From Sambo to Superspade* (Boston, 1975), p.&nbsp;23–39.
* *New York Times*, roundup of reviews of this film, March 7, 1915.
* *The New Republica*, II (March 20, 1915), 185
* Poole, W. Scott, *Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting* (Waco, Texas: Baylor, 2011), 30. 
* Simkins, Francis B., "New Viewpoints of Southern Reconstruction", *Journal of Southern History*, V (February, 1939), pp.&nbsp;49–61.
* . The latest study of the film's making and subsequent career.
* Williamson, Joel, *After Slavery: The Negro in South Carolina During Reconstruction* (Chapel Hill, 1965). This book corrects Dixon's false reporting of Reconstruction, as shown in his novel, his play and this film.

## Pranala luar

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* ''The Birth of a Nation: Controversial Classic Gets a Definitive New Restoration'' Detailed Brenton Film article by Patrick Stanbury on his 2015 restoration, including a history of the film on home video
* ''The Birth of a Nation at 100'' discussion on the BFI's YouTube channel
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* GMU.edu , "Art (and History) by Lightning Flash": *The Birth of a Nation* and Black Protest
* ''The Birth of a Nation''  on Roger Ebert's list of great movies
* ''The Birth of a Nation'' on filmsite.org, a web site offering comprehensive summaries of classic films
* Souvenir Guide for ''The Birth of a Nation'', hosted by the Portal to Texas History
* Virtual-History.com, Literature
* NEH's EDSITEment lesson plan ''The Birth of a Nation'', the NACCP, and the Balancing of Rights 
* C-SPAN hosted discussions of and aired the film on the occasion of its 100th anniversary:
** ''Q&A'' interview with Dick Lehr on his book ''The Birth of a Nation: How a Legendary Filmmaker and a Crusading Editor Reignited America's Civil War'', January 11, 2015
** Introduction to screening and discussions, February 14, 2015
** First part of the film
** Intermission with discussion
** Second part of the film
** Open phone discussion with Hari Jones and Dick Lehr