Why is one of the first narrative films, The Birth of a Nation, both celebrated and vilified by film historians?  Because it:   A. Innovated film sound but celebrated slavery   B. Celebrated slavery and failed to create a new form of narrative   C. Innovated film techniques but celebrated slavery   D. Innovated film techniques and criticized slavery

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  1. Why is one of the first narrative films, The Birth of a Nation, both celebrated and vilified by film historians?  Because it:
      A.
    Innovated film sound but celebrated slavery
      B.
    Celebrated slavery and failed to create a new form of narrative
      C.
    Innovated film techniques but celebrated slavery
      D.
    Innovated film techniques and criticized slavery
The Triumph of Hollywood
Storytelling
The Birth of a Nation (1915): D.W. Griffith's 3
hour Civil War epic is credited with
innovating the basic structural principles of
narrative filmmaking.
The expressive close-up
The flashback
Cross cut editing
The last minute rescue
Transcribed Image Text:The Triumph of Hollywood Storytelling The Birth of a Nation (1915): D.W. Griffith's 3 hour Civil War epic is credited with innovating the basic structural principles of narrative filmmaking. The expressive close-up The flashback Cross cut editing The last minute rescue
Despite its technical and narrative
achievements, the film glorified the
South's role in the civil war. The racist
plot, reflecting a southern post-
reconstruction social context, revolves
around the rescue of a white woman from
the clutches of a run-away slave by the Ku
Klux Klan. (The black slave was actually.
played by a white man in make up).
Transcribed Image Text:Despite its technical and narrative achievements, the film glorified the South's role in the civil war. The racist plot, reflecting a southern post- reconstruction social context, revolves around the rescue of a white woman from the clutches of a run-away slave by the Ku Klux Klan. (The black slave was actually. played by a white man in make up).
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