by D. W. Griffith · S.L. Jrb Prod. Dist. Y Comun. · DVD · EAN 8431804008442
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«El nacimiento de una nación» is the film by D. W. Griffith (1915), starring Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall and Mae Marsh, on DVD.
Classic of silent cinema that narrates the creation of the United States of America: the Civil War, the assassination of Lincoln and Reconstruction, from a Southern perspective. The film has been highly controversial for its idealization of the Ku Klux Klan, but it also innovated film narrative with parallel editing and close-ups.
English version with subtitles in Spanish and English for the deaf. Approximate duration: 189 minutes; single-disc edition, region 2, from the D. W. Griffith Masterpieces collection.
Key work for those who want to learn about the origins of cinematic language and silent film, bearing in mind its controversial racial portrayal.
