The Birth of a Nation
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.The Birth of a Nation featuring Lillian Gish and Mae Marsh is streaming with subscription on Kanopy, and available for rent or purchase on Prime Video. It's a drama and history movie with a very high Rotten Tomatoes (critics) score of 93% and an average IMDb audience rating of 6.3 (21,989 votes).
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The Birth of a Nation has a very high Rotten Tomatoes (critics) score of 93% and an average IMDb audience rating of 6.3 (21,989 votes). The movie is popular with Reelgood users lately.
