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    The silent film I chose to watch “The Birth of a Nation” is a 1915 American drama‚ directed by D.W Griffith‚ produced by D.W. Griffith and Harry Aitken‚ co-written by D.W Griffith‚ T.F. Dixon J.R. and Frank E. Woods‚ and was based on the novel and play “The Clansman” both by T.F. Dixon J.R. It was originally released on February 8‚ 1915 and was presented in two parts‚ separated by an intermission‚ as it is over three hours long. The film follows the lives of two families in Civil War era America

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    differences between the two silent films Birth of a Nation‚ directed by D.W. Griffith‚ and The Battleship Potemkin‚ directed by Sergei Eisenstein‚ it takes a big tole in the similarities that are the most captivating. The directors in these films truly get the audience to participate in an active role while still paying attention to the films. The directors chose to include historical events while building cyphers incorporated in the plot. While Birth of a Nation reiterates these themes‚ Potemkin introduces

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    Nate Parker’s Birth of Nation follows the journey of an enslaved Baptist preacher who resides on a plantation in Virginia owned by Samuel Turner. With talks of insurrection going around‚ a cleric persuades Samuel that Nate should preach to other slaves‚ to quell any rumors of an uprising. Therefore‚ as Nat goes around preaching he witnesses the horrific treatment of African-Americans he then realizes that he can no longer just stand by. As a result‚ Nat Turner leads a slave rebellion which spreads

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    The Birth of A Nation: Directed by Nate Parker‚ Fox Searchlight Pictures‚ 2016. 120 Minutes Reviewed by Mike Nate Parker’s The Birth of A Nation is a movie in which the balance between entertainment and history was perfectly managed. He‚ as the director‚ put the audience as well as Nat Turner starred by himself through the pain and suffering upon slaves caused by the institution of slavery. Nat Turner was a by-stander in the beginning like the rest of us. He wasn’t like any other slaves‚ because

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    D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation is a film based on the Civil War. It features two families The Stonemans‚ from the north‚ and the Camerons‚ from the south. This movie is known to be one of the most controversial‚ racist movies ever created. It accurately depicts how Africans in America would later be treated by whites. In this paper‚ I will discuss the background of the Civil war‚ how the characters in this movie connects to previous and current‚ black and white controversy‚ as well as its connection

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    The Birth of a New Nation It took 158 years for the American colonies to become a new nation. When the first royal colony‚ Virginia‚ was established in 1624 the American colonists considered themselves a part of England. Over time‚ the American colonists grew separate and wanted more independence. In 1783 the British recognized the American colonies as a nation at the Treaty of Paris. Before the Treaty of Paris the colonists had to win their independence and fight the British in the Revolutionary

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    the “romance of slavery.” The “romance” of owning a human person‚ of holding them in bondage‚ is like having this God-like power over them. The South’s race-based institution of slavery was one of the driving forces behind this production. Birth of a Nation portrays race in two extremely different ways. Griffith refers to what he calls “bad blacks” as “renegades” and “good blacks” as what he calls “faithful souls.” The renegades were the rebels; they took over the town and raided and looted houses

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    American heroism is a term that started to show itself in the early years of the creation of America as a nation and before hand when America was first founded and explored as a frontier. Heroism defined by the Oxford English Dictionary is simply‚ Great Bravery (Oxford‚ 2013). Heroism only consists of someone doing something brave‚ being courageous in the face of danger being someone who other people want to follow and emulate. Heroism in itself is the basis for American heroism but with the addition

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    there will be racism and discrimination no matter what and with the First Nations it’s no different. So were going to talk about what was racist and how it affected the First Nations people through time. So let’s start from the beginning. Racism against First Nations people began soon after European settlement in North America. As the importance of First Nations contributions to the fur trade and their value as allies began to decline‚ so did too the positive view of First Nations people in the

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    Parallel Editing within Birth of a Nation Birth of a Nation is a silent film which made by D.W. Griffith in 1915. This film basically chronicles the story of the Northern Stoneman family and the Southern Cameron family who are both experiencing the Civil War and Reconstruction. One of the most famous and important scenes in this film is the last-minute-recuse(Griffith‚ 180:18 – 189:06): the Ku Klux Klan charge to ride between the town to save Eliza and the countryside cabin for the Cameron

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