Birth of a Movement
2017, English. Directed by Bestor Cram & Susan Gray.
The Battle Against America's First Blockbuster
In 1915, Boston-based African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith’s technically groundbreaking but notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly The Birth of a Nation, unleashing a fight that still rages today about race relations, media representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Birth of a Movement, based on Dick Lehr's book The Birth of a Movement: How Birth of a Nation Ignited the Battle for Civil Rights, captures the backdrop to this prescient clash between human rights, freedom of speech, and a changing media landscape.
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Birth of a Movement is streaming on PBS Documentaries in India.
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- Released
- 6 February 2017
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- Kwyn Bader, Dick Lehr
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Birth of a Movement (2017) was directed by Bestor Cram and Susan Gray and stars Danny Glover, Spike Lee, Henry Louis Gates, Jr..