The Birth of a nation, the legacy / a Leering Buzzard Pictures release ; directed and edited by John McCarty ; produced by Warren Peese ; written by John McCarty.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

McCarty, John, film director, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.

Lee, Steven, narrator.

Peese, Warren, film producer.

Leering Buzzard Pictures, film production company.

Films Media Group, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birth of a nation (Motion picture : 1915).

Equality.

Ethnicity.

Racism.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

Genre:

Documentary films.

Short films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (18 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2019]

Language Note:

In English; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

System Details:

DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; aspect ratios vary: chiefly full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

"Cinematic landmark? Revisionist history? Racist propaganda? The arrival of a new art form? Or was D.W. Griffith's epic Civil War film, Birth ofa nation, all of these? This documentary explores all of these angles to what remains, evein to this day, the most controversial and polarizing film ever made in America."--Container.

Cinematic landmark? Revisionist history? Racist propaganda? The arrival of a new art form? Or was D.W. Griffith's epic civil war film, Birth of a Nation, all of these? This documentary explores all of these angles to what remains, even to this day, the most controversial and polarizing film ever made in America.

Participant:

Narrator, Steven Lee.

Credits:

Music, www.pond5.com.

Notes:

Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2015.

OCLC:

1298906801

Publisher Number:

154666K

154666 Films Media Group