Om te voorkomen dat de Verenigde Staten uiteenvallen verklaart Lincoln de oorlog aan de afvallige zuidelijke staten onder Jefferson Davis, wat leidt tot de Amerikaanse Burgeroorlog. De families Stoneman en Cameron, die goed bevriend waren, worden nu uiteengedreven door dit conflict. Nadat het Zuiden is verslagen, verenigen de bevrijde slaven zich onder leiding van halfbloed Silas Lynch, die vastberaden is wraak te nemen op de voormalige slavenhouders. Om de blanke bevolking te beschermen richt Ben Cameron de Ku Klux Klan op.
Nee, helaas is The Birth of a Nation nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Sound | Jon Mirsalis | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | D.W. Griffith | Editor |
| Editing | James Smith | Editor |
| Writing | Frank E. Woods | Screenplay |
| Editing | Raoul Walsh | Editor |
| Crew | Walter Hoffman | Special Effects |
| Production | D.W. Griffith | Producer |
| Editing | Rose Smith | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Goldstein | Costume Design |
| Sound | D.W. Griffith | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | D.W. Griffith | Writer |
| Editing | Joseph Henabery | Editor |
| Camera | Billy Bitzer | Director of Photography |
| Production | H.E. Aitken | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Clare West | Costume Design |
| Camera | Joseph Carl Breil | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Thomas F. Dixon Jr. | Novel |
| Directing | Donald Crisp | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jack Conway | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Howard Gaye | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Thomas E. O'Brien | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Robert Harron | Assistant Director |
| Art | Hal Sullivan | Assistant Property Master |
| Sound | Carli Elinor | Conductor |
| Crew | D.W. Griffith | Presenter |
| Sound | Joseph Carl Breil | Music |
| Directing | W.S. Van Dyke | Assistant Director |
| Art | Frank Wortman | Set Designer |
| Directing | Monte Blue | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Christy Cabanne | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Leo Nomis | Stunts |
| Sound | Joseph Nurnberger | Music |
| Art | Ralph M. DeLacy | Property Master |
| Directing | Tom Wilson | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Shorty English | Carpenter |
| Writing | Thomas F. Dixon Jr. | Adaptation |
| Directing | Joseph Henabery | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Raoul Walsh | Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Walter Hoffman | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Directing | Elmer Clifton | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Erich von Stroheim | Assistant Director |
| Art | Cash Shockey | Painter |
| Camera | Karl Brown | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Jim Kidd | Security |
| Directing | Fred Hamer | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Henry B. Walthall | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Fireworks Wilson | Special Effects |
| Directing | Allan Dwan | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Baron von Winther | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Karl Malkames | Negative Cutter |
| Crew | Monte Blue | Stunts |
| Directing | Herbert Sutch | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Charles Eagle Eye | Stunts |
| Directing | D.W. Griffith | Director |
