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Birth of a Nation
1 hour 25 minutes1997-08-06
6.3
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Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.
Cast
![Chantal Akerman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6Q59Air1EjLHfq8NvvBpbTTgnWZ.jpg)
Chantal Akerman
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![Kenneth Anger](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qGydWlCfUgDfbz8is5VpZqcVyYK.jpg)
Kenneth Anger
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![Michel Auder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//oTKuzFQapO6aojAD8OZyHvJwRMh.jpg)
Michel Auder
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![Bruce Baillie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gV1ezFXy2xzLJXvqug8rafWtJPC.jpg)
Bruce Baillie
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![Robert Beavers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//2bYi9uNjaUBwjxFufd67XAZjbqz.jpg)
Robert Beavers
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![Jane Wodening](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//pWLBcc7Tn3RgUyN8fXGf8YoKmHq.jpg)
Jane Wodening
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![Stan Brakhage](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//sAOHIoVBLzD0J3ljgAtLDw47Lo2.jpg)
Stan Brakhage
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![Robert Breer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//eyMYnsyNQb6tUDV07Lk7Cv3n9cR.jpg)
Robert Breer
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![James Broughton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nrtK0izTNmRKkgHWvcxThJs5uUM.jpg)
James Broughton
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![L.M. Kit Carson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//edTsci6TubRvSUfK2sUvVmLaYpY.jpg)
L.M. Kit Carson
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![Tom Chomont](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//reBMZAJIQC5buKki1Nj3LHITDTI.jpg)
Tom Chomont
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![Shirley Clarke](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8GI3B7YW6Cv87hetfp17zNX4d5A.jpg)
Shirley Clarke
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![Bruce Conner](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mw0E9AMe6vmSQfAfTQx53KgfIGU.jpg)
Bruce Conner
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![Tony Conrad](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5m5qwalSYvfG2i26w88UTwMFztK.jpg)
Tony Conrad
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![Storm De Hirsch](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//a0urzWTKgajln3sRo11nJ7u5KAL.jpg)
Storm De Hirsch
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![Stephen Dwoskin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//czK2KmlaMJtYOHQeebFlshC8ku6.jpg)
Stephen Dwoskin
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![Claudine Eizykman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tWEFKHXNonvyst9ebOXp6XPDQn7.jpg)
Claudine Eizykman
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![Morris Engel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jFr3RfJiRiLuefjEJOwNBpK71KL.jpg)
Morris Engel
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![Valie Export](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tl9mnr8YhhvdIwRBKr7LohARBRH.jpg)
Valie Export
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![Guy Fihman](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Guy Fihman
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![Allen Ginsberg](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//w7qQvokS1lp7IRgefiJdALaaiIi.jpg)
Allen Ginsberg
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![Fred Halsted](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bIxvEBPCfMPEelRjU6WsbDxGgoI.jpg)
Fred Halsted
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![Birgit Hein](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Birgit Hein
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![Piero Heliczer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mmOySznrfNFQGPGkoaMgKGRDx74.jpg)
Piero Heliczer
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![Jerome Hill](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//uIp1oFFRs7LgjVFcnC4163QAD0x.jpg)
Jerome Hill
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![Jean Houston](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jean Houston
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![Takahiko Iimura](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yOQilAdmhPQbSz6hUBDQr1E9dMO.jpg)
Takahiko Iimura
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![Ken Jacobs](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//lLWmlUKswUHhW6TEHD4i56xleke.jpg)
Ken Jacobs
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![Anna Karina](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//oSYtIsMpV8sZD6opNrOnWsspR0D.jpg)
Anna Karina
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![Kurt Kren](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bpEwY1SMxai9gj8EB7mfApTfODX.jpg)
Kurt Kren
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![Peter Kubelka](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Peter Kubelka
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![Malcolm Le Grice](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//dXry25TyoLUpViu8Paqf6RMkDv7.jpg)
Malcolm Le Grice
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![Jacques Ledoux](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//eHrwD3ooCNfHnrR7ITiADlVDKuM.jpg)
Jacques Ledoux
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![Gregory J. Markopoulos](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zG5AbBb4EAKu7ZM67D2CVE02EX5.jpg)
Gregory J. Markopoulos
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![Jim McBride](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7Y2YOHQ0PbndryZ8XjPWDObgmfQ.jpg)
Jim McBride
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![Taylor Mead](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5UHc1T7cTParS6sfYKD3WBht2rW.jpg)
Taylor Mead
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![Adolfas Mekas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//q5nHzCDUVHiUA7vWaB0bptF2ovR.jpg)
Adolfas Mekas
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![Oona Mekas](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Oona Mekas
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![Hermann Nitsch](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Hermann Nitsch
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![Sheldon Renan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//lE5l9nYYMetcvbcTr035SOGmJ6C.jpg)
Sheldon Renan
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![Leni Riefenstahl](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6qBz8IVXankocpDP6pLQJFAIYYp.jpg)
Leni Riefenstahl
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![Roberto Rossellini](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//dEfCuU0CoIqhgoEDtHZpIoNWNVj.jpg)
Roberto Rossellini
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![Barbara Rubin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1ko3i7vnuLkZbiJKNxWuodaKzUe.jpg)
Barbara Rubin
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![Carolee Schneemann](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5njrl9DhbQNSqXavjhNnIlz53Fb.jpg)
Carolee Schneemann
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![Paul Sharits](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mlXPqhayQYvLv0sUQgOqXXiWS56.jpg)
Paul Sharits
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![P. Adams Sitney](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tsclWn1fRCffS8ftG28oqvEW1vL.jpg)
P. Adams Sitney
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![Harry Smith](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//cockMGxZmgwBhXbVMUGxpZ9gEZU.jpg)
Harry Smith
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![Jack Smith](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wmcKDsXdH6MunekpYt5TnxM1RXE.jpg)
Jack Smith
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![Michael Snow](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//j03LNEftQoFpTD2irj9MdhWPUgo.jpg)
Michael Snow
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![Cecile Starr](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Cecile Starr
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![Bhob Stewart](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Bhob Stewart
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![Amy Taubin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7GCbAyF9c3KhXtXNep3aa1wksuQ.jpg)
Amy Taubin
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![Leslie Trumbull](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Leslie Trumbull
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![Willard Van Dyke](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mwowj0Z5rj6UBvBeqF5hDE57L63.jpg)
Willard Van Dyke
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![Viva](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//as8RgWBNvRKF6nTEd1ZcDVius7M.jpg)
Viva
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![Rosa von Praunheim](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//lg4EP2cs9PKGVbwzb7snyKGjni2.jpg)
Rosa von Praunheim
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![Andy Warhol](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//4FwsJKGOpYcYwFqxFKnbl5bFx3Y.jpg)
Andy Warhol
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![Larry Gottheim](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//y6YJWdMk6006kMVK1CwZXWtD713.jpg)