Why Was This Movie Created?
The movie was based of a book novel called ''The Clansman''. The Clansman was created by Thomas D. Jr and D.W Griffith co-wrote the screenplay. D.W Griffith co-produced the film as well when it was made into a movie. After Thomas Jr made his movie and became succesfull and famous D.W Griffith wanted to be famous and successful as well. So he made the movie birth of a nation. The movie was also created as one of the events in life that inspired the formation of the ''Second Era'' in Stone Mountain, Georgia.