How did white audiences respond to The Birth of a Nation? How did black audiences respond?
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
Answer:
1. Describe the plot of the film and its interpretation of Reconstruction.
2. Explain that white audiences, particularly in the South, strongly approved of the film.
3. Explain that the film sparked racist violence.
4. Note that President Woodrow Wilson showed the film at the White House.
5. Describe the NAACP protests of the film, as well as the consequences of those protests.
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