Bibliograph

Birth of a movement, the battle against America's first blockbuster, Northern Lights Productions presents ; directors, Susan Gray, Bestor Cram ; producers, Bestor Cram, Susan Gray, Matthew MacLean ; writers, Kwyn Bader, Dick Lehr ; 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 ; directors, Susan Gray, Bestor Cram ; producers, Bestor Cram, Susan Gray, Matthew MacLean ; writers, Kwyn Bader, Dick Lehr ; a presentation of Northern Lights Productions, in association with Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rating: TVPG

Main title

Birth of a movement

Oclc number

971553447

Responsibility statement

Northern Lights Productions presents ; directors, Susan Gray, Bestor Cram ; producers, Bestor Cram, Susan Gray, Matthew MacLean ; writers, Kwyn Bader, Dick Lehr ; a presentation of Northern Lights Productions, in association with Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET

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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

Table Of Contents

The grand spectacle -- Trotter and Griffith -- The sting of segregation -- The Clansman -- History as lightning -- Direct action

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Birth of a movement, the battle against America's first blockbuster, The birth of a nationBattle against America's first blockbuster

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