Birth of a Nation

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

Aug 6, 1997

Rating

6.3 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 25 minutes

Genres

• Documentary