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Birth Of A Nation part 2

Birth Of A Nation part 2

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Oct 08, 2021
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So here’s the completion of my conversation with Eric Cook on Birth Of A Nation, in which we go through the plot of the movie: I try to explain the astonishing success of D.W. Griffith through the strange connection between the emotional power of cinema & the politics of pacifism & racism in the Progressive era. Griffith’s combination of nostalgia for h…

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