Birth of a Nation

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:

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

3 minutes

Year:

2018

Director:

James Benning

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Company:

James Benning

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