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Episode Detail: The Birth of a Nation - Movies That Shook the World

A look at D.W. Griffith's 1915 epic “The Birth of a Nation,” which was hailed as a cinematic triumph but amplified racial divisions in the U.S. Critics, filmmakers and historians comment on the film's impact. Also: an archival interview with Griffith. Jeff Goldblum narrates.

Episodes: The Birth of a Nation - Movies That Shook the World - 15 total Episodes

12/30/2005: Pink Flamingos
12/9/2005: The Blair Witch Project
12/2/2005: Philadelphia
11/25/2005: American Graffiti
11/18/2005: Shaft
11/4/2005: The Last Temptation of Christ
10/28/2005: The Exorcist
10/14/2005: The Birth of a Nation
10/7/2005: The Graduate
9/30/2005: 2001: A Space Odyssey
9/23/2005: Do the Right Thing
9/16/2005: The China Syndrome
9/9/2005: Fatal Attraction
9/9/2005: Fatal Attraction
Movies That Shook the World
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Premiered: September 09, 2005, on AMC
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Premise: A nine-part series examining the impact on society of controversial films includes remarks by critics, actors, directors, producers and scholars, who comment on the content and context of films such as D.W. Griffith's `The Birth of a Nation' (1915) and Spike Lee's `Do the Right Thing' (1989).

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