Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation

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1997-08-06

Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

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Birth of a Nation

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Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

Released

1997-08-06

Runtime

85

Director

Jonas Mekas

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Documentary

Language

English

Production

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    Chantal Akerman

    Chantal Akerman
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    Kenneth Anger

    Kenneth Anger
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    Michel Auder

    Michel Auder
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    Bruce Baillie

    Bruce Baillie
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    Robert Beavers

    Robert Beavers
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    Jane Wodening

    Jane Wodening
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    Stan Brakhage

    Stan Brakhage
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    Robert Breer

    Robert Breer
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    James Broughton

    James Broughton
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    L.M. Kit Carson

    L.M. Kit Carson
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    Tom Chomont

    Tom Chomont
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    Shirley Clarke

    Shirley Clarke
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    Bruce Conner

    Bruce Conner
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    Tony Conrad

    Tony Conrad
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    Storm De Hirsch

    Storm De Hirsch
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    Stephen Dwoskin

    Stephen Dwoskin
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    Claudine Eizykman

    Claudine Eizykman
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    Morris Engel

    Morris Engel
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    Valie Export

    Valie Export
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    Guy Fihman

    Guy Fihman
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    Allen Ginsberg

    Allen Ginsberg
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    Fred Halsted

    Fred Halsted
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    Birgit Hein

    Birgit Hein
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    Piero Heliczer

    Piero Heliczer
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    Jerome Hill

    Jerome Hill
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    Jean Houston

    Jean Houston
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    Takahiko Iimura

    飯村隆彦
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    Ken Jacobs

    Ken Jacobs
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    Anna Karina

    Anna Karina
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    Kurt Kren

    Kurt Kren
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    Peter Kubelka

    Peter Kubelka
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    Malcolm Le Grice

    Malcolm Le Grice
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    Jacques Ledoux

    Jacques Ledoux
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    Gregory J. Markopoulos

    Gregory J. Markopoulos
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    Jim McBride

    Jim McBride
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    Taylor Mead

    Taylor Mead
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    Adolfas Mekas

    Adolfas Mekas
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    Oona Mekas

    Oona Mekas
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    Hermann Nitsch

    Hermann Nitsch
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    Sheldon Renan

    Sheldon Renan
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    Leni Riefenstahl

    Leni Riefenstahl
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    Roberto Rossellini

    Roberto Rossellini
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    Barbara Rubin

    Barbara Rubin
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    Carolee Schneemann

    Carolee Schneemann
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    Paul Sharits

    Paul Sharits
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    P. Adams Sitney

    P. Adams Sitney
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    Harry Smith

    Harry Smith
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    Jack Smith

    Jack Smith
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    Michael Snow

    Michael Snow
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    Cecile Starr

    Cecile Starr
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    Bhob Stewart

    Bhob Stewart
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    Amy Taubin

    Amy Taubin
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    Leslie Trumbull

    Leslie Trumbull
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    Willard Van Dyke

    Willard Van Dyke
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    Viva

    Viva
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    Rosa von Praunheim

    Rosa von Praunheim
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    Andy Warhol

    Andy Warhol
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    Larry Gottheim

    Larry Gottheim
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    Andrew Noren

    Andrew Noren
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    Ed Emshwiller

    Ed Emshwiller