The Birth of a Nation (film)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Birth_of_a_Nation_(film)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:film
gptkbp:awards National Film Registry selection
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:The_Clansman_(novel)
gptkbp:boxOfficeGross over $10 million
gptkbp:budget $110,000
gptkbp:cinematography gptkb:G._W._Bitzer
gptkbp:colorProcess black-and-white
gptkbp:controversy gptkb:racism
depiction of Ku Klux Klan
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:director gptkb:D._W._Griffith
gptkbp:distributor gptkb:Epoch_Producing_Corporation
gptkbp:editor gptkb:D._W._Griffith
gptkb:James_Smith
gptkb:William_Shea
Rose Smith
gptkbp:filmingLocation gptkb:California
gptkb:Los_Angeles
gptkbp:format silent film
gptkbp:genre historical drama
war film
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Birth of a Nation (film)
gptkbp:language Silent film (English intertitles)
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:Joseph_Carl_Breil
gptkbp:notableFor innovative film techniques
influence on film industry
revival of Ku Klux Klan
gptkbp:notableScene gptkb:assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln
Klan ride
gptkbp:openToPublic yes
gptkbp:originalTitle gptkb:The_Clansman
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:United_States_National_Film_Registry
gptkbp:producer gptkb:D._W._Griffith
gptkbp:releaseDate February 8, 1915
gptkbp:runtime 195 minutes
gptkbp:setInPeriod gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Reconstruction_era
gptkbp:starring gptkb:Henry_B._Walthall
gptkb:Lillian_Gish
gptkb:Mae_Marsh
gptkb:Miriam_Cooper
gptkb:Ralph_Lewis
gptkbp:studio D. W. Griffith Corp.
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Reconstruction_era
Ku Klux Klan
racism in the United States
gptkbp:writer gptkb:D._W._Griffith
gptkb:Frank_E._Woods
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Clansman_(novel)
gptkb:rise_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7