[ SECRET POST #5596 + 5597 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5596 + 5597 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Long one because I'll be away for a day again!

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It used to be thought that, but that viewpoint fell out of favor about twenty years back due to the racism and because most of the claims about it just are not true. Here is a short myth-buster on it: https://moviessilently.com/2015/09/07/silent-movie-myth-the-birth-of-a-nation-was-the-first-feature-and-the-first-film-shown-at-the-white-house/

It got that unearned status of groundbreaking much the same way the Daughters of the Confederacy got the Noble Lost Cause myth embedded in American culture. Racism and repetition of the assertion in defiance of the facts until people just started repeating it without checking. Always check.

[(Anonymous)]

I accept that this article demonstrates that Birth Of A Nation was (a) not the first feature film (b) was not the first film shown at the White House (c) was not the first blockbuster. But I feel like your argument is sliding through the facts a little bit quickly, because it seems like Birth Of A Nation could still be a technically important and innovative film even if it was not the first film shown at the White House. It feels like you're kinda leaving part of the argument out. Proving that Birth Of A Nation was actually the second film shown at the White House and was not the first financially successful film does not prove it wasn't historically important.

[sabotabby]

It was also not as technically innovative as people claim, apparently. Like other filmmakers did intercut sequences first.