D.W Griffith's The Mended Lute (1909) with Audio Commentary

09/30/13 • 10 min

Native America on film - in this special video presentation we examine a short film by D.W Griffith (director of The Birth of a Nation)that was made in 1909. This episode includes the entire original film with a special academic audio commentary.

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