Question

What early twentieth-century film does Byron Hurt describe as having "spread fear and paranoia about black masculinity?"

Answer 1

Answer:

The Birth of a Nation.

Explanation:

'The Birth of A Nation' was a film premiered on 8th February, 1915 at Clune’s Auditorium, Los Angeles. The film was directed by David Wark Griffith, and the film became the first of America's feature-length motion picture. The film was made of 10-reels of upto three hours at length.

Byron Hurt regarded 'The Birth of a Nation' as a movie which 'spread fear and paranoia about black masculinity...'

The movie subjected the history of Civil War, Reconstruction, rise of Ku Klux Khan, and assassination of Abhraham Lincoln. The movie depicts the black masculinity as something which is 'lazy, deceitful, overs-exed, and dangerous.'