Movie: Birth of a Nation

Top 10 Billed Cast

Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman

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Kenneth Anger
Kenneth Anger

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Michel Auder
Michel Auder

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Bruce Baillie
Bruce Baillie

Self

Robert Beavers
Robert Beavers

Self

Jane Wodening
Jane Wodening

Self

Stan Brakhage
Stan Brakhage

Self

Robert Breer
Robert Breer

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James Broughton
James Broughton

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L.M. Kit Carson
L.M. Kit Carson

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    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

  • Release Date

    1997-08-06

  • Average

    6.3

  • Rating:

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