Birth of a movement, the battle against America's first blockbuster, Northern Lights Productions presents ; author, Kwyn Bader and Dick Lehr ; directed by Susan Gray and Bestor Cram ; produced by Bestor Cram, Susan Gray, Matthew MacLean ; a presentation of Northern Lights Productions, in association with Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET
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Birth of a movement, the battle against America's first blockbuster, Northern Lights Productions presents ; author, Kwyn Bader and Dick Lehr ; directed by Susan Gray and Bestor Cram ; produced by Bestor Cram, Susan Gray, Matthew MacLean ; a presentation of Northern Lights Productions, in association with Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET
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eng
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Rating: TVPG
Main title
Birth of a movement
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971553447
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Northern Lights Productions presents ; author, Kwyn Bader and Dick Lehr ; directed by Susan Gray and Bestor Cram ; produced by Bestor Cram, Susan Gray, Matthew MacLean ; a presentation of Northern Lights Productions, in association with Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET
Runtime
60
Sub title
the battle against America's first blockbuster
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
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adult
Technique
live action
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Birth of a movement, the battle against America's first blockbuster, The birth of a nation
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- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Birth of a nation (Motion picture : 1915)
- Griffith, D. W., David Wark, 1875-1948 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Trotter, William Monroe, 1872-1934
- African American editors -- Massachusetts -- Boston
- Nonfiction television programs
- Television series
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