Racism in HD? Kino Video, the leader in silent films on DVD and now Blu, is bringing the “classic” D.W. Griffith epic Birth of a Nation to Blu-ray. The film has been one of the biggest stains on cinema, arguing that the Kkk helped stabilize America into the country it was back in 1915 when the film was released, featured white actors as black characters (black-facing), as well as its bitter fight with the NAACP.
But can its dark history be looked past for Griffith’s ground-breaking camerawork that changed cinema forever? That’s the immortal question. Either way, Kino will do a superb job on the film, as we can see by its extras:
- The Making of The Birth of a Nation (1992, 24 min. Produced by David Shepard)
- Filmed prologue to The Birth of a Nation (1930, 6 min. Featuring D. W. Griffith and Walter Huston)
- Civil War Shorts directed by D.
But can its dark history be looked past for Griffith’s ground-breaking camerawork that changed cinema forever? That’s the immortal question. Either way, Kino will do a superb job on the film, as we can see by its extras:
- The Making of The Birth of a Nation (1992, 24 min. Produced by David Shepard)
- Filmed prologue to The Birth of a Nation (1930, 6 min. Featuring D. W. Griffith and Walter Huston)
- Civil War Shorts directed by D.
- 8/29/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
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