The Birth of a Nation (1915)
"The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!"
Critics Score
🎬 91%
(RT: 91%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Mae Marsh as Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall as Col. Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper as Margaret Cameron
Mary Alden as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Ralph Lewis as Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
George Siegmann as Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Walter Long as Gus
Is The Birth of a Nation good?
Audiences say no. Just 31% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics rated it higher at 91%, but audiences were less impressed.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch. Wikipedia ↗
