Birth of a Nation
1997 • Documentary
7 (4)
Jonas Mekas
Director
Jonas Mekas
Writer
Status
Released
Release date
August 6, 1997
Duration
85 Min
Language
English
Popularity
0.3231
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
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.
