It was the first non-serial American 12- reel film ever made. The Birth of a Nation is a landmark of film history, lauded for its technical virtuosity. Woods and produced the film with Harry Aitken.
Griffith co-wrote the screenplay with Frank E. The screenplay is adapted from Thomas Dixon Jr.'s 1905 novel and play The Clansman. The Birth of a Nation, originally called The Clansman, is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D.
