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Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation (2018)

0h 3m | PG-13

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This three-channel video installation by James Benning shows three scenes from David Wark Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation (1915). The two-minute-long screen arrangement of imperceptibly moving images alludes to the beginning of racism. The three screens each show a solider in the American Civil War, black slaves picking cotton in the field, and imposing KKK.

Director: James Benning

Studio: James Benning

Genre: Documentary

Video: 720p

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