The Birth of a Race

John W. Noble / Rex Weber, Emmett Jay Scott, 1918. It was made as a response to the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation, and was meant to discredit the negative stereotypes perpetuated by the film. Initially, it was intended to be a short answer film that could be appended to The Birth of a Nation in 1915, but a combination of weak financial backing and growing ambitions delayed its completion for more than two years. Silent, about 88 minutes. Commons holds a complete File: print.