Although the film does not say the cause of the American Civil War, it is believed that what the film describes is historical truth. After the final war in the film, it is conceivable what kind of society the American South will be like. Almost a hundred years later, Martin Luther King Jr. organized the March for Freedom; in 1964, the then president signed the Civil Rights Act. How difficult and long the road to achieve human rights equality in the whole society is. To this day, every time I bring up this "equality" issue, I feel very complicated, and I can't really explain it for a while. As far as the history of film art is concerned, this silent film is really a milestone.
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