D.W. Griffith's the Birth of a Nation: A History of the Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time

by Melvyn Stokes

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In this deeply researched and vividly written volume, Melvyn Stokes illuminates the origins, production, reception and continuing history of this ground-breaking, aesthetically brilliant, and yet highly controversial movie.
By going back to the original archives, particularly the NAACP and D. W. Griffith Papers, Stokes explodes many of the myths surrounding The Birth of a Nation (1915). Yet the story that remains is fascinating: the longest American...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195336798

ISBN13:9780195336795

Release Date:January 2008

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:432 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"

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