Birth of a Nation

On March 3, 1915 the movie "The Birth of the Country" was released at the Freedom Theater in New York. The film was funded, photographed and distributed by D. W. Epoch Producing Corporation. Griffith and Harry T. Aitken. This is one of the earliest movies using Deep Focus Lens and night photography, and there is a clear controversy over the opinion of black Negroes. Through the movie, this movie proved the necessity of KKK to keep harmony of society after the civil war. Initially, the Cameron family was drawn as a loving house, and the slaves were depicted as wise and satisfied slaves.

It can be said that there is no image of D. W. who is controversial in the history of the United States. Griffith 's silent epic movie' The Birth of the Country '. "Public birth" first published on February 8, 1915 is based on Thomas Dixon's novel and is dominated by "family". This movie was produced during the 19th century American Civil War and rebuilding and records the lives of the two families Stone Man and Cameron. Stone mans is a unified family of abolition from the north, Cameron is a southern family that is loyal to the Southern Alliance during the American Civil War. During the birth of the country, African Americans were portrayed as barbarians, violent thugs, sex offenders, rude animals and votes. Despite criticism, the film was defended by various media and Griffith himself.

The birth of the country of D. W. Griffith (1915) stimulated African-American writers, thinkers, and filmmakers. The story of this civil war regards African-American as a rapist and regards KKK as a hero. Widely protested by African-American audiences, the "birth of the country" caused many movie reactions - the most obvious is the birth of a famous trouble product, which is considered to be against Griffiths 1918) Direct response to the movies - but indirectly, there are also several other thinkers and filmmakers

In 1920, African-American filmmaker Oscar Michelle announced a response to "national birth" in "Our Gate". In our gate we describe the difficulties African Americans faced during the legal era of Jim Crow. This film has been reborn all over the country in 2004, due to DJ Spooky 's live movie experience at Lincoln Center. And, with Acropolis as "Mix", I visited many venues around the world. A remix version was also exhibited at the Pola Cooper Gallery in New York. Quentin Tarantino stated that he created his own movie "Django Unchained" (2012) to counter the lie of "the birth of the state".