Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation

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  • 1997
  • 1 hr 25 min
  •  6.3  (3)
  •   Released

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.

Birth of a Nation
Description
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.
  • Release Date
    1997
  • Runtime
    1 hr 25 min
  • Language
    en
  • Rating
    6.3  (3)