Posts from arthurarnell in thread „The Birth of a Nation (1915)“

    Hi


    I watched BOAN years ago mainly because you had to watch it as a film fan.
    While it was alright if you look at the racism of the film, i.e. it gave the KKK a resurgence after it had virtually been eliminated. I feel it showed DW Griffths in not too good a light, and the films attitude to the slavery question more or less saying that the workers in the cotton fields worked from nine till four with an hour for lunch and were pefectly happy with their lot.


    As you can guess I am not a fan of the film.


    Regards


    Arthur