Birth of a Movement

Birth of a Movement

2017/02/06 • Released • English

Documentary
6.4
57m

The Battle Against America's First Blockbuster

Overview

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.

Director : Bestor Cram

Casts
Danny Glover

Danny Glover

Narrator (voice)

Spike Lee

Spike Lee

Self

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Self

Reginald Hudlin

Reginald Hudlin

Self

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