Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: One of the best films of its time...

I absolutely hate people who purely judge this movie by the amount of racism it conveys. This movie was indeed very innovative and redefined the way filmmakers tell their stories. Racism and hate aside this is without a doubt one of the most influential movies of the century. D.W. Griffith is a genius and masterful storyteller. Check out Intolerance also that movie will blow you away with how complex it was for the time it was made in. But yeah sure if you grade this movie on morality and hate then it gets a 1 star out of 5. Thanks a lot to all those who do not have open minds...P.S. The Lifetime Achievement Award for a Director in the Oscars used to be named after D.W. Griffith. However, they took his name out just for material his movies were on...for shame