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

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Gray, Susan, television producer,
Cram, Bestor, television producer,
Pollard, Sam, television producer.
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., television producer,
Anderson, Julie television producer.
Published
[Arlington, Va.] : PBS Distribution, [2017].
ISBN
9781531701444, 1531701442
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color and black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. 
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Published
[Arlington, Va.] : PBS Distribution, [2017].
Format
DVD
Language
English
ISBN
9781531701444, 1531701442
UPC
841887033107, 00841887033107

Notes

General Note
Based on the book by Dick Lehr.
General Note
Originally broadcast in 2016.
General Note
Widescreen (16x9).
Creation/Production Credits
Executive producers, Sam Pollard and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; executive producer for WNET, Julie Anderson ; editor, Daniel Mooney ; original music by Paul D. Miller AKA DJ Spooky and John Kusiak ; cinematographers, Jesse Beecher, Bester Cram, Dan Mooney.
Participants/Performers
Narrated by Danny Glover ; with Vincent Brown, William Jelani Cobb, Dick Lehr, Dolita Cathcart, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Ira Gallen, Bob Bellinger, Spike Lee.
Participants/Performers
Michael Curry.
Description
"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.
Target Audience
Rating: TVPG.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; Widescreen (16x9) presentation; Stereo.
Language
In English, with optional English subtitles.

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Subjects

LC Subjects
African American editors -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography.
Birth of a nation (Motion picture : 1915)
Documentary television programs.
Griffith, D. W. -- (David Wark), -- 1875-1948 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Lehr, Dick -- Television adaptations.
Nonfiction television programs.
Racism in motion pictures.
Trotter, William Monroe, -- 1872-1934.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Gray, S., Cram, B., Pollard, S., Gates, H. L., Anderson, J., Mooney, D., Bader, K., Lehr, D., DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid., Kusiak, J., Beecher, J., Glover, D., & Lehr, D. (2017). Birth of a movement: the battle against America's first blockbuster . PBS Distribution.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Susan, Gray et al.. 2017. Birth of a Movement: The Battle against America's First Blockbuster. PBS Distribution.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Susan, Gray et al.. Birth of a Movement: The Battle against America's First Blockbuster PBS Distribution, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Gray, Susan,, et al. Birth of a Movement: The Battle against America's First Blockbuster PBS Distribution, 2017.

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