Birth of a Nation

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1997 · 85 min · Documentary · TMDB 7.0/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Jonas Mekas

Cast

• Chantal Akerman — Self
• Kenneth Anger — Self
• Michel Auder — Self
• Bruce Baillie — Self
• Robert Beavers — Self