Birth of a Nation
7.0
4 votes
1997
1h 25m
Documentary
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
Top cast
Chantal Akerman
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Kenneth Anger
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Michel Auder
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Bruce Baillie
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Robert Beavers
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Jane Wodening
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Stan Brakhage
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Robert Breer
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James Broughton
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L.M. Kit Carson
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Tom Chomont
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Shirley Clarke
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Bruce Conner
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Tony Conrad
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Storm De Hirsch
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Stephen Dwoskin
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Claudine Eizykman
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Morris Engel
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Valie Export
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Guy Fihman
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Status
Released
Release date
August 6, 1997
Budget
—
Revenue
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Language
English
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