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Birth of a Nation

Film

Birth of a Nation

6.3

1h 25m

1997

Synopsis

Jonas Mekas assembles 160 portraits, appearances, and fleeting sketches of underground and independent filmmakers captured between 1955 and 1996. Fast-paced and archival in spirit, the film celebrates the avant-garde as its own “nation of cinema,” a vital community existing outside the dominance of commercial film.

Director

Jonas Mekas

Documentary

artistdiary film

Cast & Crew

Chantal Akerman

Chantal Akerman

as Self

Kenneth Anger

Kenneth Anger

as Self

Michel Auder

Michel Auder

as Self

Bruce Baillie

Bruce Baillie

as Self

Robert Beavers

Robert Beavers

as Self

Jane Wodening

as Self

Stan Brakhage

Stan Brakhage

as Self

Robert Breer

Robert Breer

as Self

James Broughton

James Broughton

as Self

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