What is significant about D. W. Griffith's beliefs about race and his legacy as a filmmaker?
a. He believed in racial equality, so as America's first real filmmaker, his legacy is one of racial equality.
b. In the technology race, Griffith's legacy is as America's (and therefore the world's) first significant filmmaker.
c. Griffith believed that life was a technological race, and he used technology to become America's first real filmmaker.
d. He was racist, so as America's first real filmmaker, his legacy is one of racially biased films.
e. Griffith's legacy is one of innovation; film students still study his films for their innovations in close-ups, fade-outs, and artistic camera angles.
D
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