Italy / Aug 06, 1997 / Source: https://mubi.com/films/birth-of-a-nation (Locarno International Film Festival)
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Robert Breer | Self |
| James Broughton | Self |
| L.M. Kit Carson | Self |
| Tom Chomont | Self |
| Shirley Clarke | Self |
| Bruce Conner | Self |
| Tony Conrad | Self |
| Storm De Hirsch | Self |
| Stephen Dwoskin | Self |
| Claudine Eizykman | Self |
| Morris Engel | Self |
| Valie Export | Self |
| Guy Fihman | Self |
| Allen Ginsberg | Self |
| Fred Halsted | Self |
| Birgit Hein | Self |
| Piero Heliczer | Self |
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| Jerome Hill | Self |
| Jean Houston | Self |
| Takahiko Iimura | Self |
| Ken Jacobs | Self |
| Anna Karina | Self |
| Kurt Kren | Self |
| Peter Kubelka | Self |
| Malcolm Le Grice | Self |
| Jacques Ledoux | Self |
| Gregory J. Markopoulos | Self |
| Jim McBride | Self |
| Taylor Mead | Self |
| Adolfas Mekas | Self |
| Oona Mekas | Self |
| Hermann Nitsch | Self |
| Sheldon Renan | Self |
| Leni Riefenstahl | Self |
| Roberto Rossellini | Self |
| Barbara Rubin | Self |
| Carolee Schneemann | Self |
| Paul Sharits | Self |
| P. Adams Sitney | Self |
| Harry Smith | Self |
| Jack Smith | Self |
| Michael Snow | Self |
| Cecile Starr | Self |
| Bhob Stewart | Self |
| Amy Taubin | Self |
| Leslie Trumbull | Self |
| Willard Van Dyke | Self |
| Viva | Self |
| Rosa von Praunheim | Self |
| Andy Warhol | Self |
| Larry Gottheim | Self |
| Andrew Noren | |
| Ed Emshwiller |
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Birth of a Nation |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Release date | 6 agosto 1997 |
| Writer | Jonas Mekas |
| Editing | Jonas Mekas |
| Cinematography | Jonas Mekas |
| Assistant directors | Jonas Mekas |
| Music | Hermann Nitsch, Wagner Nitsch |
| Sound | Hermann Nitsch, Wagner Nitsch |
Release dates
Premiere
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