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