D. W. Griffith's The Birth Of A Nation
Words cannot express how I feel, but I will try my best to explain. The actors and actresses did a phenomenal job in the new release of ‘The Birth of a Nation’ in portraying the 19th century involving the importance of changing how blacks were portrayed, compared to D. W. Griffith’s movie The Birth of a nation in 1915. The director took the audience to a time when the South’s king cotton thrived off the backs of slaves’ labor. Despite the evil ways, Negros were symbolized in D.W. Griffith’s birth of a nation movie, the new birth of a nation portrays Negros as survivors of oppression by the white man. An important figure in the fight of freedom for the blacks and previously enslaved persons was Nat Turner. Nat Turner is the most famous and
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The rebellion may have caused stricter laws on slaves, but ultimately it was the right step in gaining slaves freedom.
In the 1915’s movie, D.W Griffith showed another point of view in his creation of “Birth of a Nation”. Griffith was praised and hated for this because of historical references explained in the movie. Griffith is often criticized about being a hardcore racist because of the movies theme; However, I believe that he was a victim of the society of that time. Griffith was raised during a time where lynching and race-riot mobs were casualties. He was a product of his surroundings and exploited them to their full potential.
This film portrays the Ku Klux Klan as the heroes, while negroes were the villains. Surprisingly, the problem was not slavery itself but the mixing of the races. Mulatto were threatening racial purity. This was shown in the scene when the white woman took her life by jumping off a cliff, rather than being raped by a Negro. Also, in 1915, Griffith presented a film that is three-plus-hours long with different angles was all the rage. Griffith created a scene that built suspense. For example, towards the end, the Ku Klux Klan came to the white woman and white man
The rebellion may have caused stricter laws on slaves, but ultimately it was the right step in gaining slaves freedom.
In the 1915’s movie, D.W Griffith showed another point of view in his creation of “Birth of a Nation”. Griffith was praised and hated for this because of historical references explained in the movie. Griffith is often criticized about being a hardcore racist because of the movies theme; However, I believe that he was a victim of the society of that time. Griffith was raised during a time where lynching and race-riot mobs were casualties. He was a product of his surroundings and exploited them to their full potential.
This film portrays the Ku Klux Klan as the heroes, while negroes were the villains. Surprisingly, the problem was not slavery itself but the mixing of the races. Mulatto were threatening racial purity. This was shown in the scene when the white woman took her life by jumping off a cliff, rather than being raped by a Negro. Also, in 1915, Griffith presented a film that is three-plus-hours long with different angles was all the rage. Griffith created a scene that built suspense. For example, towards the end, the Ku Klux Klan came to the white woman and white man