Birth of a Movement

• :
• Genre(s): Documentary
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Bestor Cram, Susan Gray
• Cast(s): Danny Glover, Spike Lee, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Reginald Hudlin

• Duration: 57min
• Award(s): Gold 2017 (Won)
  Image 2018 (Nominated) Awards List
• Similar To: The Blue Angels, While We Watched
• Story:
  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.
  Full Story