Birth of a Nation
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.
Top Cast

Chantal Akerman
as Self
Self

Kenneth Anger
as Self
Self

Michel Auder
as Self
Self
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