D. W. Griffith's the Birth of a Nation

Jenny Barrett is Senior Lecturer in Film at Edge Hill UniversityDouglas Field is Professor of Twentieth Century American Literature at the University of ManchesterIan Scott is Professor of American Film and History at the University of Manchester

• Introduction: the legacy of The Birth of a Nation – Jenny Barrett, Douglas Field and Ian Scott1 Black faces in The Birth of a Nation: D. W. Griffith’s art and the African American actor – Corin Willis2 The afterlife of stereotype: Kara Walker, Kehinde Wiley, DJ Spooky and The Birth of a Nation – Robert Burgoyne3 Kunle Olulode in conversation with Dr Jenny Barrett4 Desegregating the screen: Oscar Micheaux and the rise of activist cinema – Jeffrey Geiger5 Examining the ‘white saviour’ in The Birth of a Nation – Jonathan Ward6 A rope with two ends: Nate Parker, D. W. Griffith and the tangled legacies of The Birth of a Nation – Lydia J. Plath7 The birth of an origin – Oliver C. Speck8 The Birth of a Nation, black documentary and the 1992 L.A. uprisings – E. James West9 ‘Go see it because it will make a better American of you’: The Birth of a Nation in the era of ‘fake news’ – Jenny Barrett10 Standing their ground: a southern community’s response to The Birth of a Nation – Van Dora Williams11 The Birth of a Nation: a timeline – Jenny BarrettAfterword – Robert J. CorberIndex