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