Birth of a movement

DVD 2017

"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...

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Birth of a nation (Motion picture : 1915)

Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948 Criticism and interpretation

Trotter, William Monroe, 1872-1934

United States Race relations History 20th century

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ISBN:

9781531701444

Description:

1 videodisc (60 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical
video file DVD video region 1
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video rating: Not Rated

Other Title:

Independent lens. Birth of a movement

Notes:

Based on the book by Dick Lehr
Originally broadcast in 2016
Title from container
Executive producers, Sam Pollard and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; Executive producer for WNET, Julie Anderson ; Directors and producers, Susan Gray and Bestor Cram ; Editor, Daniel Mooney ; Writers, Kwyn Bader and Dick Lehr ; Original music by DJ Spooky and John Kusiak ; Cinematographers, Jesse Beecher, Bester Cram and Daniel Mooney
Narrated by Danny Glover
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; stereo
For private home use only

Control Number:

2132984

UPC:

841887033107

Other Authors:

Anderson, Julie, film producer
Bader, Kwyn, 1969- screenwriter
Beecher, Jesse, director of photography
Cram, Bestor, producer, director, director of photography
DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, composer
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., film producer
Glover, Danny, narrator
Gray, Susan (Television director), producer, film director
Kusiak, John, composer
Lehr, Dick, screenwriter
Mooney, Daniel, 1973- editor of moving image work, director of photography
PBS Distribution (Firm), distributor
Pollard, Sam, film producer

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