Birth of a Nation (Silent) (MOD) (DVD Movie) You're Telling Me! A classic of suspense directed

A classic of suspense directed by John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate

may have the power to free the lovers

Silent): Jim Turner's gold mine is coveted by bandits who shoot Jim and pin the killing on cowpuncher Jess Dean

he learns how farmers survive

gets lost in the desert but is rescued by Dan Matthews (McCrea)

Birth of a Nation (Silent) (MOD) (DVD Movie) You're Telling Me! A classic of suspense directedAfter watching D. W. Griffith's epic in 1915, President Woodrow Wilson declared, "It is like writing history with lightning. And my only regret is that it is all so terribly true." Meanwhile, the NAACP organized protests with regard to its portrayal of African Americans. Today, this milestone of early cinema retains the power to move us emotionally, intellectually and politically. Griffith has been called the "Father of Film." A failed actor and