The Birth of a Nation
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The Birth of a Nation has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Dominic SandbrookBritish historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History
Sandbrook says the famous Wilson line about history written with lightning first appeared only in the 1930s, after Wilson's death.
“Actually, that quotation didn't appear until the 1930s after Wilson was dead”
The Rest Is History: 656. The Ku Klux Klan: Birth of a Nation (Part 3) (Mar 29, 2026) · Listen from 18:01
Sandbrook calls The Birth of a Nation the most influential feature film ever made and the foundational film of cinema history.
“the result was probably the most influential and important feature film that has ever been made”
The Rest Is History: 656. The Ku Klux Klan: Birth of a Nation (Part 3) (Mar 29, 2026) · Listen from 13:20
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- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
Episodes
656. The Ku Klux Klan: Birth of a Nation (Part 3)The Rest Is History · Mar 29, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the 1915 rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan as a mass fraternal, marketing-driven, anti-Catholic movement.