Cornish people although regular broadcast in Cornish is limited to a weekly bilingual programme on BBC Radio Cornwall. Daily life in Cornwall therefore is conducted in the English language, albeit with some regional peculiarities. "Legends of the Fall", a novella by American author Jim Harrison, detailing the lives of a Cornish American family in the early 20th century, contains several Cornish language terms. These were also included in the Academy Award winning film of the same name starring Anthony Hopkins as Col. William Ludlow and Brad Pitt as Tristan Ludlow. Early medieval Cornwall was associated with the Matter of Britain, a national
The Fall of a Nation The Fall of a Nation The Fall of a Nation is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Thomas Dixon, Jr., and is a sequel to the 1915 film "The Birth of a Nation", directed by D. W. Griffith. Dixon, Jr. attempted to cash in on the success of the controversial first film. "The Fall of a Nation" is considered to be the first ever film sequel. Based upon "The Fall of a Nation", written by the director, the film is now considered lost. "The Fall of a Nation" is an attack on the pacifism of William Jennings Bryan