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

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

ISBN
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9781531701444

Physical Description
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color and black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note
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Based on the book by Dick Lehr.
 
Originally broadcast in 2016.
 
Widescreen (16x9).

Personal Subject
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Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948-Criticism and interpretation.
 
Trotter, William Monroe, 1872-1934.
 
Lehr, Dick-Television adaptations.

Title Subject
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Birth of a nation (Motion picture : 1915)

Subject Term
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African American editors -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography.
 
Racism in motion pictures.

Geographic Term
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.

Genre
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Documentary television programs.
 
Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Added Author
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Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
 
Lehr, Dick
 
DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid
 
Kusiak, John,
 
Glover, Danny
 
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Lehr, Dick Birth of a Nation.

Added Corporate Author
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PBS Distribution (Firm)

Added Uniform Title
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Independent lens (Television program)

Summary
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"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.

System Details
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DVD, NTSC, REGION 1; WIDESCREEN (16X9) PRESENTATION; STEREO.

Language Note
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IN ENGLISH, WITH OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES.


LibraryCall NumberStatus
Stillwater Public LibraryDVD 305.8 BIRNonfiction DVDs