The most influential classical film of the 1910s,D.W.Griffiths' Birth of a Nation,stirred extensive protest by African Americans because
A) the film was heavily financed by white racist Hollywood film business owners.
B) the film depicted the black leader Marcus Garvey in an unfavorable light.
C) African Americans were not allowed to see the film even in northern movie theaters.
D) the film glorified the Ku Klux Klan and portrayed blacks as corrupt politicians or rapists.
E) Griffiths refused to use black actors.
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