Birth of a Movement

    Birth of a Movement
    2017

    Synopsis

    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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      Cast

      • Danny GloverNarrator (voice)
      • Spike LeeSelf
      • Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Self
      • Reginald HudlinSelf

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