Birth of a Nation
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1997-08-06
Runtime: 85 mins
Director: Jonas Mekas
Writer: Jonas Mekas
Spoken language: English
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Birth of a Nation
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Production Countries: United States of America
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