Movie connections for
The Birth of a Nation (1915) More at IMDbPro »

Followed by

The Fall of a Nation (1916)

Edited into

Coonskin (1975)
 -  During one of the "poem" sequences, brief clips from "The Birth of a Nation" are used as the background for animation cels of the character.
Visions of Light (1992)
"The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History" (1999)
 -  excerpt shown in 'The 1910s: The Modern Age Begins' episode
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Amérique, notre histoire (2006) (TV)
 -  excerpt

References

His Trust (1911)
His Trust Fulfilled (1911)
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)

Referenced in

The Greatest Question (1919)
 -  gish imitates marsh's nervous laugh
Napoléon (1927)
The Patsy (1928)
Roast-Beef and Movies (1934)
 -  Mentioned by Curly as the last film he's seen.
Private Number (1936)
 -  spoken by Robert Taylor as a movie playing at the local theater.
Porky's Movie Mystery (1939)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Cameramen at War (1943)
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)
 -  Anthony Newley says, "'Birth of a Nation' was a hit, but it coulda been a smash with a few good songs."
Schlock (1973)
 -  The movie starts with the narrator saying : First, "Birth of a Nation". Then, "Gone with the Wind". "2001: A Space Odyssey". "Love Story". "See you next wednesday". And now ... Schlock !
Die Geburt der Nation (1973)
"The Rockford Files: The Dark and Bloody Ground (#1.2)" (1974)
 -  Beth compares a book to this film
Suspiria (1977)
Mad Max (1979)
The Answer (1980)
The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981) (TV)
"Family Ties: Birth of a Keaton: Part 1 (#3.16)" (1985)
 -  title reference
"Family Ties: Birth of a Keaton: Part 2 (#3.17)" (1985)
 -  title reference
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
 -  Lady jumping to her death off a rocky cliff to escape her pursuer
Malcolm X (1992)
 -  echoed in KKK scene
The Piano (1993)
Girth of a Nation (1994)
 -  Title spoofs "Birth of a Nation," the title of the infamous KKK propaganda film by D.W. Griffith.
Forrest Gump (1994)
 -  When Forrest mentions who he is named after, there is a featured shot of Tom Hanks recreating a scene from Birth of a Nation, The (1915)
"Hearts Afire: Birth of a Donation (#3.5)" (1994)
 -  title reference
To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995)
Celebrity (1998)
 -  Interviwee wants to do all-Black version of the gRiffith classic.
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation' (1998) (V)
Homicide: The Movie (2000) (TV)
 -  Mentioned by Lewis.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
The Gristle (2001)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Century of Black Cinema (2003) (V)
 -  Mentioned in film.
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)
 -  in a newspaper, the top movie at the box office is "A New Birth of the Nation"
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea (2004)
 -  Tulse mentions this film in the cinema
Proud (2004)
 -  Gordon's Mother tells Gordon's Sister not to get married so early to a man coming out of the service in WWII, in doing so she explains the difficulties men had finding work after WWI and how Birth of the Nation was the Number 1 movie in America at the time to further show her the prejudices against Afircan-Americans at the time.
Junebug (2005)
 -  A prominently displayed artwork in JUNEBUG, supposedly created by one of the characters, is a direct reference to a famous still of actress Mae Marsh in THE BIRTH OF A NATION.
The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
 -  One of the films on the list
"Jeopardy!: (#22.45)" (2005)
 -  referenced in clue in "Raleigh People" category
Death of a Nation (2005)
 -  This film is an analysis of the "progress" made since the earlier film.
The Passion: Films, Faith & Fury (2006) (TV)
 -  Referenced by name
"Everybody Hates Chris: Everybody Hates Malvo (#2.5)" (2006)
 -  Caruso gives Chris a tape of the movie and says it's a comedy
"Jeopardy!: (#26.28)" (2009)
 -  Subject of a $400 clue in the category "Initially Yours"

Featured in

The Movies March On (1939)
Let's Go to the Movies (1949)
Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961) (TV)
Black History: Lost Stolen, or Strayed (1968) (TV)
 -  has several scenes
The Projectionist (1971)
 -  Several clips from this film are used in the montage sequences.
St. Ives (1976)
Nickelodeon (1976)
"Hollywood" (1980)
Historia del cine: Epoca muda (1983) (V)
 -  in part I
Lillian Gish (1983)
Ethnic Notions (1986)
 -  excerpt from
Precious Images (1986)
"Fejezetek a film történetéböl: Az amerikai film kezdetei (#1.3)" (1989)
That's Black Entertainment (1990)
Stalking the President: A History of American Assassins (1992)
100 Years at the Movies (1994) (TV)
A Century of Cinema (1994)
"The American Experience: Midnight Ramble (#7.4)" (1994)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) (TV)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) (TV)
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr. (1996)
 -  Footage is shown.
The Race to Save 100 Years (1997)
Classified X (1998) (TV)
The Ku Klux Klan: A Secret History (1998) (TV)
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (1998) (TV)
 -  This film is #44 on the list.
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation' (1998) (V)
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000) (TV)
 -  archive footage
Bamboozled (2000)
The Yes Men (2003)
 -  Clips from this are included in a power point presentation before the revelation of the WTO business suit.
Sweets to the Sweet: The Candyman Mythos (2004) (V)
 -  Clips are featured.
"SexTV: On Blondes/Walter Kundzicz/The Art of Flirting (#6.13)" (2004)
 -  Clips from film are used in this episode.
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004) (TV)
 -  excerpt shown
Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois (2004)
 -  archive footage
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
 -  clips from this film are shown
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
 -  Clip included; editing analysed.
The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
 -  Clips are shown
Stone Mountain (2005)
 -  clip/historical context
Cineastes en acció (2005)
 -  They show the film.
The Passion: Films, Faith & Fury (2006) (TV)
 -  Clips are shown
"SexTV: Shafted: The Story of Blaxploitation Cinema (#8.18)" (2006)
 -  Clip from the movie is used in this doc about blaxploitation cinema.
Edge of Outside (2006)
 -  excerpt
"SexTV: Black/White: Sex, Race & Profit/Mimi 4 Governor (#8.28)" (2006)
 -  Clip from film is used in this episode.
Rebirth of a Nation (2007)
 -  This movie uses footage of birth of a nation giving it a whole new sountrack and some added effects.
Indie Sex: Censored (2007) (TV)
 -  A clip is shown

Spoofed in

Spying the Spy (1918)
The Girth of a Nation (1918)
The Breath of a Nation (1919)
Berth of a Nation (1920)
The General (1926)
Birth of a Notion (1947)
Past Perfumance (1955)
Ravenous (1999)
Zoolander (2001)
 -  the Lincoln assassination scene
"South Park: Here Comes the Neighborhood (#5.12)" (2001)
 -  episode's plot about KKK is a parody of this movie
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)
 -  parody racist DW Griffith film called "The Hunt for Dishonest Abe"

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