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.
| Camera | Joseph Carl Breil | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Raoul Walsh | Editor |
| Editing | D.W. Griffith | Editor |
| Editing | Joseph Henabery | Editor |
| Editing | James Smith | Editor |
| Sound | Jon Mirsalis | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Billy Bitzer | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Frank E. Woods | Screenplay |
| Editing | Rose Smith | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Clare West | Costume Design |
| Crew | Walter Hoffman | Special Effects |
| Sound | D.W. Griffith | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | D.W. Griffith | Writer |
| Production | H.E. Aitken | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Goldstein | Costume Design |
| Production | D.W. Griffith | Producer |
| Writing | Thomas F. Dixon Jr. | Novel |
| Writing | Thomas F. Dixon Jr. | Adaptation |
| Directing | Jack Conway | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Erich von Stroheim | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Raoul Walsh | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Henry B. Walthall | Assistant Director |
| Art | Ralph M. DeLacy | Property Master |
| Crew | Charles Eagle Eye | Stunts |
| Sound | Joseph Nurnberger | Music |
| Directing | Monte Blue | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Howard Gaye | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tom Wilson | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Baron von Winther | Assistant Director |
| Art | Cash Shockey | Painter |
| Directing | Herbert Sutch | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Shorty English | Carpenter |
| Sound | Carli Elinor | Conductor |
| Crew | Fireworks Wilson | Special Effects |
| Camera | Karl Brown | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Joseph Carl Breil | Music |
| Directing | Elmer Clifton | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Robert Harron | Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Walter Hoffman | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Monte Blue | Stunts |
| Directing | Fred Hamer | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Thomas E. O'Brien | Assistant Director |
| Crew | D.W. Griffith | Presenter |
| Art | Frank Wortman | Set Designer |
| Directing | Christy Cabanne | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Karl Malkames | Negative Cutter |
| Crew | Jim Kidd | Security |
| Directing | Allan Dwan | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Donald Crisp | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Joseph Henabery | Assistant Director |
| Art | Hal Sullivan | Assistant Property Master |
| Crew | Leo Nomis | Stunts |
| Directing | W.S. Van Dyke | Assistant Director |
| Directing | D.W. Griffith | Director |
