Birth of a Nation

2018Directed by James Benning

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Released: May 4, 2018
Runtime: 3m

About Birth of a Nation

Documentary

Synopsis

This three-channel video installation by James Benning shows three scenes from David Wark Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation (1915). The two-minute-long screen arrangement of imperceptibly moving images alludes to the beginning of racism. The three screens each show a solider in the American Civil War, black slaves picking cotton in the field, and imposing KKK.

Director: James Benning

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