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Birth of a Movement

02/06/2017

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0hr 57min

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Documentary

The Battle Against America's First Blockbuster

STORY

In 1915, Boston-based African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith’s technically groundbreaking but notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly The Birth of a Nation, unleashing a fight that still rages today about race relations, media representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Birth of a Movement, based on Dick Lehr's book The Birth of a Movement: How Birth of a Nation Ignited the Battle for Civil Rights, captures the backdrop to this prescient clash between human rights, freedom of speech, and a changing media landscape.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Danny Glover
  • Spike Lee
  • Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
  • Reginald Hudlin

    Directors

  • Bestor Cram
  • Susan Gray

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Danny Glover

Narrator (voice)

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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