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.
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Cast
122 people
Chantal Akerman
Self
Known for
Je Tu Il Elle
Blow Up My Town
Kenneth Anger
Self
Known for
The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
Michel Auder
Self
Also in
Chromo sud
Fun and Games for Everyone
Bruce Baillie
Self
Also in
The Gymnasts
I Wish I Knew
Robert Beavers
Self
Also in
Sotiros
Eros, O Basileus
Jane Wodening
Self
Known for
Prelude: Dog Star Man
Stan Brakhage
Self
Known for
Prelude: Dog Star Man
Cannibal! The Musical
Robert Breer
Self
Also in
Robert Breer At Home
Solstice and Solyanka
James Broughton
Self
Also in
High Kukus
The Water Circle
L.M. Kit Carson
Self
Known for
Running on Empty
CQ
Tom Chomont
Self
Also in
Early Monthly Segments
Panic Bodies
Shirley Clarke
Self
Also in
Lions Love
Alien Blood
Jonas Mekas Director
First release August 6, 1997 · Produced in United States
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Italy · August 6, 1997
Premiere · Source: https://mubi.com/films/birth-of-a-nation (Locarno International Film Festival)
No release date listed for United States.
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Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
Movie · 1972
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Movie · 1968
Song of Avignon
Movie · 1998
Lost, Lost, Lost
Movie · 1976
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections
Movie · 1990
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