D. W. Griffith's white-supremacist epic film The Birth of a Nation, released in 1915, included a watermelon feast in its depiction of emancipation, as corrupt northern whites encouraged the former slaves to stop working and enjoy some watermelon instead.
Ifilimu yama-epic ephakeme ka-DW Griffith omhlophe, iThe Ukuzalwa we-Nation, owakhishwa ngo-1915, wawuhlanganisa idili lamakhabe njengengxenye yokubonisa kwawo ukukhululwa, njengoba abantu basenyakatho abakhohlakele babekhuthaza ababeyizigqila ukuba bayeke ukusebenza futhi bajabulele ikhabe.