The Birth of a Race
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The Birth of a Race is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by John W. Noble. It was made as a response to the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation, and was meant to discredit the negative stereotypes perpetuated by the film. Initially, it was intended to be a short answer film that could be appended to The Birth of a Nation in 1915 but a combination of weak financial backing and growing ambitions delayed its completion for more than two years.[1][2][3]
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Produced by | Emmett Jay Scott |
Cinematography | Herbert Oswald Carleton |
Music by | Joseph Carl Breil |
Distributed by | Gardiner Syndicate |
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Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
When finally released in December 1918, following the end of World War I, The Birth of a Race was a two-hour feature-length film, portraying the achievements of black people through history.[4] It premiered in Chicago in December, 1918, to great ballyhoo but was a commercial and critical failure.[5]
This film is preserved at the Library of Congress.[6]