D.W. GRIFFITH'S THE BIRTH OF A NATION

What effect did the film have on the US society at the time? How did the white audience react? How did the african american audience react? How did Griffith respond to the publics reaction to his film? Write about three of the innovations that Griffith pioneered with the film.

   Many africans americans people found this film to be racist. The white people were very excited by the film. They loved the love affair between the southerners and the southerners.