Classic public domain film, digitally preserved and free to stream forever.
The Birth of a Nation (1915) is D.W. Griffith's technically revolutionary but deeply racist and historically notorious Civil War epic. While groundbreaking as a work of cinema that established many of the language of film, it presents a virulently pro-Confederacy, pro-Ku Klux Klan narrative that caused race riots on its release and remains one of cinema's most troubling artifacts.
Starring Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, and Mae Marsh. This film is in the public domain and free to watch, download, and share.