Birth of a Nation (1997)

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.

Released Aug. 6, 1997 85 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.artist, tmdb.diary-film

Country: United States
Production Country: United States
Languages: English