The first movie ever shown in the White House, which controversial 1915 silent film tells the story of two families driven apart during wartime?
Answer The Birth of a Nation
Once friends, the Cameron and Stoneman families are driven apart when each clan joins up on opposing sides of the Civil War. The son of a Confederate veteran, director D.W. Griffith was lambasted for what many viewed as blatantly racist portrayals of Black people and an unapologetically pro-South stance. Nonetheless, the film is widely considered to mark the beginning of American cinema.
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