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