Independent lens : the battle against America's first blockbuster, Birth of a movement
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Independent lens : the battle against America's first blockbuster, Birth of a movement
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The work Independent lens : the battle against America's first blockbuster, Birth of a movement represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
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- Independent lens : the battle against America's first blockbuster, Birth of a movement
- Title remainder
- the battle against America's first blockbuster
- Title part
- Birth of a movement
- Statement of responsibility
- Northern Lights Productions presents ; directors, Susan Gray, Bestor Cram ; producers, Bestor Cram, Susan Gray, Matthew MacLean ; a presentation of Northern Lights Productions, in association with Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET
- Subject
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- African American editors -- Massachusetts | Boston -- Biography
- Birth of a nation (Motion picture : 1915)
- Documentary television programs
- Griffith, D. W., (David Wark), 1875-1948 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Racism in motion pictures
- Television series
- Trotter, William Monroe, 1872-1934
- United States -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1915, civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith's notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly blockbuster The Birth of a Nation, which unleashed a fight still raging today about race relations and representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Includes interviews with Spike Lee, Reginald Hudlin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and DJ Spooky
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- VaAlASP
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- videorecording
- Language note
- In English
- PerformerNote
- Narrated by Danny Glover ; with Vincent Brown, William Jelani Cobb, Dick Lehr, Dolita Cathcart, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Ira Gallen, Bob Bellinger, David Blight, Ira Gallen, Herbert Haines, Spike Lee, Reginald Hudlin, DJ Spooky, Charlie Musser, Charlene Regester, Ellen Scott, Melvyn Stokes
- Runtime
- 55
- Target audience
- adult
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