Birth of a Movement (2017)

★ 6.4 0h 57m IMDb
Documentary

In 1915, Boston-based African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith’s technically groundbreaking but notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly The Birth of a Nation, unleashing a fight that still rages today about race relations, media representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Birth of a Movement, based on Dick Lehr's book The Birth of a Movement: How Birth of a Nation Ignited the Battle for Civil Rights, captures the backdrop to this prescient clash between human rights, freedom of speech, and a changing media landscape.

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Danny Glover
Danny Glover as Narrator (voice) Age 79 · San Francisco, California, USA Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and political activist. He is best known for his co-starring lead role as Sergeant Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon fil...
Spike Lee
Spike Lee as Self Age 69 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American filmmaker and actor. His work has continually explored race relations, issues within the black community, the role of media in contempo...
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as Self Age 75 · Keyser, West Virginia, USA Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. is an American historian, literary critic, filmmaker and public intellectual who currently serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchi...
Reginald Hudlin
Reginald Hudlin as Self Age 64 · Centreville, Illinois, USA Reginald Alan Hudlin is an American writer and film director..
Director Bestor Cram
Cast Danny Glover, Spike Lee, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Reginald Hudlin

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