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Birth of a Nation

📅 8/6/1997⏱️ 85 minutes7.0/10

Overview

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.

Release Date

August 6, 1997

Runtime

85 minutes

Rating

7.0/10(4 votes)

Status

Released

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Content Source

Data provided by The Movie Database (TMDB).