Birth of a Nation
1997, English. Directed by Jonas Mekas.
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.
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- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 6 August 1997
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Jonas Mekas
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Birth of a Nation runs 85 minutes (1h 25m).
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Birth of a Nation isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 August 1997. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Birth of a Nation?
Birth of a Nation (1997) was directed by Jonas Mekas and stars Chantal Akerman, Kenneth Anger, Michel Auder.