Bibliograph

Birth of a movement, the battle against America's first blockbuster, the birth of a nation, Northern Lights Productions ; directed by Susan Gray and Bestor Cram

Type

Label

Birth of a movement, the battle against America's first blockbuster, the birth of a nation, Northern Lights Productions ; directed by Susan Gray and Bestor Cram

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Birth of a movement

Oclc number

971553447

Responsibility statement

Northern Lights Productions ; directed by Susan Gray and Bestor Cram

Runtime

Sub title

the battle against America's first blockbuster, the birth of a nation

Summary

"In 1915, African American newspaper editor and civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith's notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly blockbuster The Birth of a Nation, which unleashed a fight still raging today about race relations and representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Birth of a Movement features commentary from Spike Lee, Reginald Hudlin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and DJ Spooky (who created a new score and remix of the Griffith film), and numerous clips from the technically groundbreaking but racially astounding epic"--Case

Technique

live action

Classification