The Birth of a Nation : how a legendary filmmaker and a crusading editor reignited America's Civil War / Dick Lehr

Object Details

author: Lehr, Dick
Subject: Griffith, D. W (David Wark) 1875-1948; Trotter, William Monroe 1872-1934

Contents: Prologue: Jan 2, 1915 -- Part I. Fathers and sons -- The legacy -- Fathers and sons: the Trotters -- Fathers and sons: the Griffiths -- The awakening: 1896-1903 -- Character work: 1896-1907 -- Part II. Finding their voices -- Trotterism: 1903-1908 -- The apprenticeship: 1908-1913 -- Fame rising, falling, circa 1913 -- Part II. A Birth of a Nation -- 1914 -- The Wilson White House -- Trotter rides the rails -- Part IV. 1915 -- Curley's our man, or not? -- Bringing down the house -- "We'll hang Tom Dixon" -- Part V. Victory & defeat -- Victory at hand -- The curtain falls -- Epilogue
Summary: Documents the 1915 controversy over the film "Birth of a Nation" framed by the legal and public conflict between journalist Monroe Trotter and filmmaker D.W. Griffith.

2014

Civil War, 1861-1865

20th century

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