- Title: Birth of a Nation, The / The Making of Birth of a Nation / Prologue to Birth of a Nation / In the Border States / The House with Closed Shutters / The Fugitive (1910) / His Trust / His Trust Fulfilled / Sword and Hearts / The Battle (1911)
- Summary: The American civil war divides friends and destroys families, but that's nothing compared to the anarchy in the south after the war.
- Director: D.W. Griffith
- Cast: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden
- Year: 1915
- Item Type:
- Keywords: Civil War | Silent
- Format: DVD
- Relation: American Masters Lillian Gish, Birth of a Race, The Century of Cinema, Civil War, The Cutting Edge, The General D.W. Griffith Father of Film, Hollywood A Celebration, Moguls & Movie Stars
- Language: Silent
- Country: USA
- Comments: The DVD includes the documentary "The Making of Birth of a Nation," the 1930 prologue to the feature film, seven American civil war short films directed by D.W. Griffith, excerpts for a 1915 souvenir book and several programs and an archive of documents about the films controversial 1922 re-release including a montage of scenes ordered cut by the New York censor. The additional short films on the DVD are: "The Making of Birth of a Nation" (1992, 24 minutes), the prologue to "Birth of a Nation" (with D.W. Griffith and Walter Huston, 1930, 6 minutes), "In the Border States" (D.W. Griffith, 1910, 16 minutes), "The House with Closed Shutters" (D.W. Griffith, 1910, 17 minutes), "The Fugitive" (D.W. Griffith, 1910, 17 minutes), "His Trust" (D.W. Griffith, 1910, 14 minutes), "His Trust Fulfilled" (D.W. Griffith, 1910, 11 minutes), "Sword and Hearts" (D.W. Griffith, 1911, 16 minutes), "The Battle" (D.W. Griffith, 1911, 17 minutes). American Film Institute 100 American Films Toronto International Film Festival 100: #81
- Collection: Drama | Epic
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