Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation 1997

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Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

  • Released: 1997-08-06
  • Runtime: 85 minutes
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Stars: Bruce Baillie, Stan Brakhage, James Broughton, Shirley Clarke, Stephen Dwoskin, Valie Export, Jerome Hill, Ken Jacobs, Peter Kubelka, Gregory J. Markopoulos, Oona Mekas, Paul Sharits, Larry Gottheim, Guy Fihman, Bhob Stewart, Hermann Nitsch, Viva, Morris Engel, Cecile Starr, Chantal Akerman  Show all >
    Kenneth Anger, Michel Auder, Robert Beavers, Jane Wodening, Robert Breer, L.M. Kit Carson, Bruce Conner, Storm De Hirsch, Allen Ginsberg, Fred Halsted, Piero Heliczer, Takahiko Iimura, Anna Karina, Kurt Kren, Malcolm Le Grice, Jacques Ledoux, Taylor Mead, Adolfas Mekas, Roberto Rossellini, P. Adams Sitney, Willard Van Dyke, Tom Chomont, Leslie Trumbull, Leni Riefenstahl, Barbara Rubin, Amy Taubin, Andy Warhol, Claudine Eizykman, Sheldon Renan, Rosa von Praunheim, Birgit Hein, Carolee Schneemann, Jean Houston, Harry Smith, Tony Conrad, Jim McBride, Michael Snow, Jack Smith, Andrew Noren, Ed Emshwiller
  • Director: Jonas Mekas