Questions from Birth of a Nation:
What is the deal with Dr. Cameron (the old guy who sorta looks like Sam Elliott) about to bash in the head of his daughter, Margaret right before the Klan shows up? What fears about sex and intermixing are being referenced here, and where have we read about this before? Who else was about to get her head bashed in?
Dr. Cameron was about to bash the head of his daughter, Margaret because I feel he was in an stressful moment and didn’t know what to do. I guess he didn’t want the African Americans killing his daughter so he was going to have to hurt her. Intermixing is not acceptable during this time and is shamed upon. We have read about this before from Morgan and Hoffman stories. Also it looked like the other little girl was also about to get their head bashed in. (I’m a little confusing by this part of the film)
What’s up with that final scene of a city on the hill, people living in paradise, and Jesus? What do you think Griffith is trying to say about a society where white supremacy is not only custom but the law?
The last scene looks like happiness and peacefulness, they look like they are celebrating. Everyone is dressed up and they are hugging and waving at each other. They all look like they have no worries. At the end the whites are happy and the blacks don’t get to be and that is what is showing that white supremacy is a thing and it is not only custom by the law. This film is very strong and racist.
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