The Birth of a Nation (1915)Stream and Watch Online

Looking to watch 'The Birth of a Nation' on your TV or mobile device at home? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the D.W. Griffith-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to help you out.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The Birth of a Nation' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch 'The Birth of a Nation' right now, here are some particulars about the Epoch Film Co. drama flick.

Released February 8th, 1915, 'The Birth of a Nation' stars Henry B. Walthall, Lillian Gish, Miriam Cooper, Mae Marsh The PG movie has a runtime of about 3 hr 13 min, and received a user score of 60 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 504 experienced users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch."

'The Birth of a Nation' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Popflick, Kanopy, Public Domain Movies, FlixFling, and Kino Now .