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4 votesBirth of a Nation
1997·1h 25m·Released
Documentary
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.
Cast
Chantal Akerman
Self
Kenneth Anger
Self
Michel Auder
Self
Bruce Baillie
Self
Robert Beavers
Self
Jane Wodening
Self
Stan Brakhage
Self
Robert Breer
Self
James Broughton
Self
L.M. Kit Carson
Self
Tom Chomont
Self
Shirley Clarke
Self
Bruce Conner
Self
No Photo
Tony Conrad
Self
Storm De Hirsch
Self
No Photo
Stephen Dwoskin
Self
Claudine Eizykman
Self
Morris Engel
Self
Valie Export
Self
No Photo
Guy Fihman
Self
