Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation

May 04, 2018 | 3 min

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.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Share on social media

More Like This

Rivers and Tides
The Flood
Flys and Angels
Rose City
The Enclave
Sandra of the Tuliphouse or How to Live in a Free State
Crystal Christ I: La Pasarela de la Muerte
Les chasseurs de dinosaures
The Hammer in the Head
Serious Games 2 – Three Dead
Serious Games 3 – Immersion
Music While We Work
We Build the Country - The Country Builds Us!
Desvelar
Serious Games 1 – "Watson Is Down"
Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow
Falling Frames
Cremaster 3
ISHI
How to Hook Up Your Home Theater