Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation

August 06, 1997 | 85 min

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.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Jane Wodening

Naomi Scott

Allen Ginsberg

Naomi Scott

Jean Houston

Naomi Scott

Anna Karina

Naomi Scott

Taylor Mead

Naomi Scott

Adolfas Mekas

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