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Birth of a Nation (1997)

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: 1997-08-06
Runtime: 85 min
Rating: 6.3 / 10
Cast
Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman
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Kenneth Anger
Kenneth Anger
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Michel Auder
Michel Auder
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Bruce Baillie
Bruce Baillie
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Robert Beavers
Robert Beavers
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No Image
Jane Wodening
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Stan Brakhage
Stan Brakhage
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Robert Breer
Robert Breer
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James Broughton
James Broughton
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L.M. Kit Carson
L.M. Kit Carson
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Tom Chomont
Tom Chomont
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Shirley Clarke
Shirley Clarke
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Bruce Conner
Bruce Conner
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Tony Conrad
Tony Conrad
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Storm De Hirsch
Storm De Hirsch
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Stephen Dwoskin
Stephen Dwoskin
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Claudine Eizykman
Claudine Eizykman
Self
Morris Engel
Morris Engel
Self