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Birth of a Nation 2018 Directed by James Benning

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Documentary
Production Company James Benning
Release Date 4 May 2018
3 mins
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