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Birth of a Nation (1997)

August 6, 1997 (US) Documentary • 85m

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.

Director

Jonas Mekas

Writer

Jonas Mekas

Top Billed

Chantal Akerman

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