Independent Lens · SEASON 18

Birth of a Movement

Episode 7 · 2017-02-06

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Episode overview

In 1915, African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith’s notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly blockbuster The Birth of a Nation, which unleashed a fight still raging today about race relations and representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. The Birth of a Movement features Spike Lee, Reginald Hudlin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and DJ

60 minutes

Season 18 episodes

1. Best of Enemies2016-10-02 2. Meet the Patels2016-12-26 3. Best and Most Beautiful Things2017-01-02 4. Containment2017-01-09 5. What Was Ours2017-01-16 6. The Witness2017-01-23 7. Birth of a Movement2017-02-06 8. Accidental Courtesy2017-02-13 9. TOWER2017-02-14 10. The Bad Kids2017-03-20 11. Ovarian Psycos2017-03-27 12. Newtown2017-04-03 13. SEED: The Untold Story2017-04-17 14. The Last Laugh2017-04-24 15. National Bird2017-05-01 16. The Prison in Twelve Landscapes2017-05-08 17. Forever Pure2017-05-15 18. They Call Us Monsters2017-05-22 19. Farmer/Veteran2017-05-29 20. Real Boy2017-06-19