Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Chantal Akerman
Self
Lead
Kenneth Anger
Self
Michel Auder
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Bruce Baillie
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Robert Beavers
Self
Jane Wodening
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Stan Brakhage
Self
Robert Breer
Self
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jonas Mekas's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Birth of a Nation is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
