The message of The Birth of a Nation is that previously enslaved African Americans were uncivilized and savage and that order was restored to a chaotic South by the noble Ku Klux Klan.

Nat Turner is an enslaved Baptist preacher who lives on a Virginia plantation owned by Samuel Turner. With rumors of insurrection in the air, a cleric convinces Samuel that Nate should sermonize to other slaves, thereby quelling any notions of an uprising. As Nate witnesses the horrific treatment of his fellow man, he realizes that he can no longer just stand by and preach. On Aug. 21, 1831, Turner's quest for justice and freedom leads to a violent and historic rebellion in Southampton County.The Birth of a Nation / Film synopsis

After the Klan's victory over Silas Lynch, all is right in the world as it exists inside D.W. Griffith's racist little head. This leads our two main couples - Ben + Elsie and Phil + Margaret (or Belsie and Phargaret, as we like to call them) - to get married, signifying the newfound peace between the North and South.

The Birth of a Nation Set against the antebellum South, The Birth of a Nation follows Nat Turner, a literate slave preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner, accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to suppress the supposed unruly slaves of multiple southern plantations for profit.

Lesson Summary A nation state must have a shared national identity, physical borders, and a single government. This makes it different from other forms of states, like the city-state, which did not have firm borders, and kingdoms, which did not have a shared culture.

A nation is a territory where all the people are led by the same government. The word “nation” can also refer to a group of people who share a history, traditions, culture and, often, language - even if the group does not have a country of its own.

An epic about the American Civil War (1861–65) and the Reconstruction era that followed, it has long been hailed for its technical and dramatic innovations but condemned for the racism inherent in the script and its positive portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).

Elsie StonemanLillian GishAustin StonemanRalph LewisColonel Ben CameronHenry B. WalthallPhil StonemanElmer CliftonKlansmenAllan SearsMrs. CameronJosephine Crowell The Birth of a Nation/Characters

A take is a single continuous recorded performance. The term is used in film and music to denote and track the stages of production.

Emancipation is a 2022 American historical action thriller film set in Louisiana in the 1860s after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to end slavery in secessionist Confederate states.

Descendant Descendants of the enslaved Africans on an illegal ship that arrived in Alabama in 1860 seek justice and healing when the craft's remains are discovered.

A nation is a territory where all the people are led by the same government. The word “nation” can also refer to a group of people who share a history, traditions, culture and, often, language - even if the group does not have a country of its own.