Birth of a movement : the battle against America's first blockbuster

Pollard, Sam, (producer.). Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., (producer.). Anderson, Julie, (producer.). Gray, Susan, (producer,, director.). Cram, Bestor, (producer,, director,, cinematographer.). Mooney, Daniel, (film editor,, cinematographer.). Bader, Kwyn, (screenwriter.). Lehr, Dick, (screenwriter.). DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, (composer.). Kusiak, John, (composer.). Beecher, Jesse, (cinematographer.). Glover, Danny, (narrator.). PBS Distribution (Firm), (publisher.). Northern Lights Productions, (production company.). Thirteen Productions, (production company.). WNET New York Public Media. (Added Author).

Summary: "In 1915, African American newspaper editor and 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. Birth of a Movement features commentary from Spike Lee, Reginald Hudlin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and DJ Spooky (who created a new score and remix of the Griffith film), and numerous clips from the technically groundbreaking but racially astounding epic"--Case.

Item details

ISBN: 9781531701444
ISBN: 1531701442
Physical Description: videodisc
1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution, [2017]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Title from title screen. Based on the book by Dick Lehr. Originally broadcast in 2016. Widescreen (16x9). In English, with optional English subtitles.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Executive producers, Sam Pollard and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; Executive producer for WNET, Julie Anderson ; Directors and producers, Susan Gray and Bestor Cram ; Editor, Daniel Mooney ; Writers, Kwyn Bader and Dick Lehr ; Original music by Paul D. Miller AKA DJ Spooky and John Kusiak ; Cinematographers, Jesse Beecher, Bester Cram and Dan Mooney.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrated by Danny Glover.
Target Audience Note:	Rating: TVPG.
System Details Note:	DVD; Widescreen (16x9) presentation; Region 1; Stereo.
Language Note:	In English, with optional English subtitles.