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Birth of a Nation (1997)
85 min | Documentary

Birth of a Nation (1997)

85 min | Documentary

Mekas leads an archival avant-garde, a fast-paced parade of 160 underground film people he captured on film over four decades, described as, "160 portraits or rather appearances, sketches and glimpses of avant-garde, independent filmmakers...See moreMekas leads an archival avant-garde, a fast-paced parade of 160 underground film people he captured on film over four decades, described as, "160 portraits or rather appearances, sketches and glimpses of avant-garde, independent filmmakers and film activists between 1955 and 1996. Why 'Birth of a Nation'? Because the film independents IS a nation in itself. We are surrounded by commercial cinema Nation same way as the indigenous people of the United States or of any other country are surrounded by the Ruling Powers. We are the invisible, but essential nation of cinema. We are the cinema." Written by Anonymous See less

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55 cast members

Name	Known for
Chantal Akerman Self Self See fewer	The Meetings of Anna (1978)
Kenneth Anger Self Self See fewer	Fireworks (1947)
Michel Auder Self Self See fewer	The Feature (2008)
Bruce Baillie Self Self See fewer	Mr. Hayashi (1963)
Robert Beavers Self Self See fewer	Listening to the Space in My Room (2013)
Stan Brakhage Self Self See fewer	The Loom (1986)
Robert Breer Self Self See fewer	What Goes Up (2003)
James Broughton Self Self See fewer	The Pleasure Garden (1955)
L.M. Kit Carson Self Self See fewer	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Charles Chaplin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Great Dictator (1940)
Tom Chomont Self Self See fewer	Oblivion (1969)
Shirley Clarke Self Self See fewer	The Cool World (1963)
Bruce Conner Self Self See fewer	A Class Picture of the CCAC Film Class of '65 Actually Taught by Bruce Conner in the Tradition of Lumière (1965)
Tony Conrad Self Self See fewer	Flaming Creatures (1963)
Storm De Hirsch Self Self See fewer	Goodbye in the Mirror (1964)
Stephen Dwoskin Self Self See fewer	Times For (1970)
Morris Engel Self Self See fewer	Little Fugitive (1953)
Valie Export Self Self See fewer	The Practice of Love (1985)
Allen Ginsberg Self Self See fewer	Beginners (2010)
Fred Halsted Self Self See fewer	EarthMan (1978)
Birgit Hein Self Self See fewer	Die unheimlichen Frauen (1992)
Piero Heliczer Self Self See fewer	Satisfaction (1965)
Jerome Hill Self Self See fewer	Albert Schweitzer (1957)
Takahiko Iimura Self (as Taka Iimura) Self (as Taka Iimura) See fewer	De Sade (1962)
Ken Jacobs Self Self See fewer	New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903 (2007)
Anna Karina Self Self See fewer	Vivre sa vie (1962)
Kurt Kren Self Self See fewer	8/64: Ana - Aktion Brus (1964)
Peter Kubelka Self Self See fewer	Mosaic in Trust (1955)
Malcolm le Grice Self Self See fewer	Blackbird Descending (1977)
Jacques Ledoux Self Self See fewer	Jambes en l'air à Bangkok (1975)
Gregory J. Markopoulos Self Self See fewer	Galini (1958)
Jim McBride Self Self See fewer	The Big Easy (1986)
Taylor Mead Self Self See fewer	Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
Adolfas Mekas Self Self See fewer	Hallelujah the Hills (1963)
Oona Mekas Self Self See fewer	The Gambler (2013)
Hermann Nitsch Self Self See fewer	Spaghetti Wrestling (2016)
Sheldon Renan Self Self See fewer	Akira (1988)
Leni Riefenstahl Self Self See fewer	The Blue Light (1932)
Roberto Rossellini Self Self See fewer	Rome, Open City (1945)
Barbara Rubin Self Self See fewer	Satisfaction (1965)
Carolee Schneemann Self Self See fewer	Infinity Kisses: The Movie (2009)
Paul Sharits Self Self See fewer	Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970 (1971)
P. Adams Sitney Self Self See fewer	'Rameau's Nephew' by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen (1974) (1974)
Harry Smith Self Self See fewer	Mahagonny (1980)
Jack Smith Self Self See fewer	Flaming Creatures (1963)
Michael Snow Self Self See fewer	Wavelength (1967)
Cecile Starr Self Self See fewer	Islamic Carpets (1970)
Bhob Stewart Self Self See fewer	The Year the Universe Lost the Pennant (1961)
Amy Taubin Self Self See fewer	'Rameau's Nephew' by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen (1974) (1974)
Leslie Trumbull Self Self See fewer	Birth of a Nation (1997)
Willard Van Dyke Self Self See fewer	Skyscraper (1959)
Viva Self Self See fewer	Lions Love (... and Lies) (1969)
Rosa von Praunheim Self Self See fewer	Anita: Dances of Vice (1987)
Andy Warhol Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Blue Movie (1969)
Jane Wodening Self (as Jane Brakhage) Self (as Jane Brakhage) See fewer	Short Films: 1976 (1977)