Flashback Movies:"Birth of a Nation"

Today is an infamous date in film history-93 years ago D.W. Griffiths highly controversial and inflammatory silent movie "Birth of a Nation" was released.Also known as "The Clansman",it told the story of the Civil War and somewhat glorified the KKK and the terror they perpetrated in that era.The NAACP protested the movie and its release incited violence in some cities-other cities refused to screen it for that very reason.Like it or not,it IS a part of movie history.Despite the controversy,it was designated for preservation in the National Film Library by the Library of Congress in 1992.