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Was the USS Monitor the most revolutionary technological development of the American Civil War?

Salt of the Earth: The Movie Hollywood Could Not Stop

Not many people remember the 1954 film Salt of the Earth, a low-budget account of a mining strike in New Mexico. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of the movie is that it was made at all.

THE BIRTH OF A NATION 'The Birth of a Nation': When Hollywood Glorified the KKK Ninety years after its first screening and 100 years after the publication of the novel that inspired it, D.W. Griffith's motion picture continues to be lauded for its cinematographic excellence and vilified for its racist content. The film came from Griffith's personal vision, and as such it reflected the strengths and weaknesses of the man himself.

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