Film Review of
Birth of a Nation

Vanity Fair, Conde Nast’s most swanky magazine, reviewed D.W. Griffith’s film, The Birth of a Nation and gave a somewhat balanced account of the production. The journalist clearly recognized that the movie was “unfair to the Negro” yet “remarkable for its photography”.

Click here to read Lillian Gish’s memory of her days working on the movie…

Click here to read more primary source articles about D.W. Griffith and The Birth of a Nation.