Birth of a Nation

Directed by Jonas Mekas
1997    85m
7.238%
"Birth of a Nation" offers a powerful mosaic of the underground film movement, capturing 160 avant-garde filmmakers over four decades. It explores their rebellion against mainstream cinema, portraying them as an essential, yet often overlooked, cultural force.
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Cast of Birth of a Nation
  • Chantal AkermanSelf
  • Kenneth AngerSelf
  • Michel AuderSelf
  • Bruce BaillieSelf
  • Robert BeaversSelf
  • Jane WodeningSelf
  • Stan BrakhageSelf
  • Robert BreerSelf
  • James BroughtonSelf
  • L.M. Kit CarsonSelf
  • Tom ChomontSelf
  • Shirley ClarkeSelf
  • Bruce ConnerSelf
  • Tony ConradSelf
  • Storm De HirschSelf
  • Stephen DwoskinSelf
  • Claudine EizykmanSelf
  • Morris EngelSelf
  • Valie ExportSelf
  • Guy FihmanSelf
  • Allen GinsbergSelf
  • Fred HalstedSelf
  • Birgit HeinSelf
  • Piero HeliczerSelf
  • Jerome HillSelf
  • Jean HoustonSelf
  • Takahiko IimuraSelf
  • Ken JacobsSelf
  • Anna KarinaSelf
  • Kurt KrenSelf
  • Peter KubelkaSelf
  • Malcolm Le GriceSelf
  • Jacques LedouxSelf
  • Gregory J. MarkopoulosSelf
  • Jim McBrideSelf
  • Taylor MeadSelf
  • Adolfas MekasSelf
  • Oona MekasSelf
  • Hermann NitschSelf
  • Sheldon RenanSelf
  • Leni RiefenstahlSelf
  • Roberto RosselliniSelf
  • Barbara RubinSelf
  • Carolee SchneemannSelf
  • Paul SharitsSelf
  • P. Adams SitneySelf
  • Harry SmithSelf
  • Jack SmithSelf
  • Michael SnowSelf
  • Cecile StarrSelf
  • Bhob StewartSelf
  • Amy TaubinSelf
  • Leslie TrumbullSelf
  • Willard Van DykeSelf
  • VivaSelf
  • Rosa von PraunheimSelf
  • Andy WarholSelf
  • Larry GottheimSelf
  • Andrew Noren
  • Ed Emshwiller
 
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