Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation

1h 25m 6.3/10

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

Top Billed Cast

Kenneth Anger

Kenneth Anger

Self

Robert Beavers

Robert Beavers

Self

Chantal Akerman

Chantal Akerman

Self

Michel Auder

Michel Auder

Self

Jane Wodening

Self

Bruce Baillie

Bruce Baillie

Self

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