Birth of a Nation

Synopsis

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.

Director

Jonas Mekas

Written by

Jonas Mekas

Music

Hermann Nitsch

Released

6 August 1997

Genres

Documentary