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The birth of a nation

Title
The birth of a nation / Paul McEwan.
Author
McEwan, Paul, 1972-
Publication
  • London : Palgrave on behalf of the British Film Institute, 2015.
  • ©2015

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Additional Authors
British Film Institute.
Description
101 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 19 cm.
Summary
"Portraying the Ku Klux Klan as heroic underdogs, silent epic The Birth of a Nation (1915) is widely considered to be the most controversial film of all time. At once one of US culture's greatest artistic achievements and one of its most abhorrently racist artefacts, it becomes more shocking with every passing year. Comprising a decade of archival research and published on the 100th anniversary of the film's release, this richly detailed study considers both the film's afterlife and the artistic, industrial and moral surroundings in which it was created. Drawing on an unbroken century of production and reception history, Paul McEwan recounts the film's origins and development, Griffith's unique editing and cinematography and the construction of racial identity and fear in the film. Assessing its contribution as an art form, while directly grappling with the complexity of the art-or-racism debate, Paul McEwan shows how The Birth of a Nation has had a central role in the development of film and Film Studies worldwide."--Page [4] of cover.
Series Statement
BFI film classics
Uniform Title
BFI film classics.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-98).
Contents
Introduction : 'True as that blade' -- The film -- The legacy.
Call Number
Sc C 15-121
ISBN
  • 9781844576579
  • 1844576574
OCLC
902659596
Author
McEwan, Paul, 1972- author.
Title
The birth of a nation / Paul McEwan.
Publisher
London : Palgrave on behalf of the British Film Institute, 2015.
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
BFI film classics
BFI film classics.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-98).
Added Author
British Film Institute.
Research Call Number
Sc C 15-121
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