The The Life of a Nation movies in order
There are 2 The Life of a Nation films, about 1.3 hours in total. The first was released in 1915, the latest in 1916. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
Two epics portraying fictional events within the context of America's history.
- 1
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
8 Mar 1915
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
- 2
The Fall of a Nation (1916)
6 Jun 1916 · 75 min
A sequel to DW Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, by the same author, and now lost. It is considered the first film sequel ever made and recounts a fictional invasion of America by a united army from Europe.
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.