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Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation

Status

Released

Release

2018

Runtime

3m

Storyline

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.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
3m
May 4, 2018
Languages
English
Production Countries
United States of America

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