(FILM) GRIFFITH D W Birth of a Nation

Sale 2204 - Lot 236

Price Realized: $ 660

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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

(FILM.) GRIFFITH, D. W. Birth of a Nation. Brochure and small broadside advertisement; folio, folded to form four 4to pages, illustrated with still photographs from the film; some wear to the edges [together with] a single sheet, advertising the showing, 12x 6 inches, paper toned. Boston, 1915

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Birth of a Nation, based on Thomas Dixon's "Clansman," premiered in Boston on April 10, 1915. Reaction from the NAACP was swift and unequivocal. No one could believe that this film could premier in the Boston of William Lloyd Garrison and the Liberator. The brochure and program offered here are from a showing in Brookfield, Massachusetts.