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A 6 page paper which examines the filmic representations of a given race, ethnic group, class, gender, and sexuality from historical and cultural contexts, and also considers the director’s influence on how they are portrayed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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File: TG15_TGboanin.rtf
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his own personal thoughts, opinions, and yes, even prejudices. His two greatest films, The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916), are artistic interpretations of historical events, which
means they were not, nor were they intended to be, factual recreations of events. More often than not, these celluloid images plucked from the pages of history have been
shaped from the prevailing cultural attitudes of the times. The cinematic representations of a particular race, ethnic group, class, gender and sexuality, while presented within a historical context, are
colored by the cultural notions that defined American society during the early twentieth century, as perceived by the filmmaker. The Birth of
a Nation, while hailed at the time as the first big-screen classic, was a popular and critical success. However, today, it is resoundingly condemned by the African-American community for
its bigoted depiction of their race. According to one reviewer, "Griffith used the film to present his point of view of a dramatic moment in Americas history and, in
so doing, he was sharing not only his feelings but also the feelings of a generation of Southerners, who had suffered immeasurably because of the Civil War, and many of
whom were still alive when the film was produced" (The Birth of a Nation PG). The director was not interested in being objective in his exploration of the Civil
War and Reconstruction. He based his portrayals on the stories his father, who had served in the Confederate Army, had told him as a child (The Birth of a
Nation PG). The black race is represented as savagely threatening the natural order of white American society. They are regarded as barbarians, who are dictated more by their
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