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Birth of a Movement
Birth of a Movement

Birth of a Movement

Documentary
2017
57m

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Spike Lee

Spike Lee

Reginald Hudlin

Reginald Hudlin

Danny Glover

Danny Glover

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Susan Gray

Susan Gray

Bestor Cram

Bestor Cram

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The Battle Against America's First Blockbuster

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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.

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