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Birth of a Movement (Season 18, Episode 7)

TV Episode | 60 min |Documentary

The story of William Monroe Trotter, the nearly forgotten editor of a Boston black newspaper who tried to ban the controversial film The Birth of a Nation.

Directors

Bestor Cram |Susan Gray

Writers

Kwyn Bader |Dick Lehr

Producers

Bestor Cram |Susan Gray |Matthew Maclean

Cinematographers

Jesse Beecher |Bestor Cram |Dan Mooney

Editor

Dan Mooney

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Status

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Updated Feb 6, 2017

Release date

Feb 6, 2017 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 47 wins & 76 nominations

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19 cast members
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Danny Glover's primary photo Danny Glover Narrator Narrator See fewer Lethal Weapon (1987)
D.W. Griffith's primary photo D.W. GriffithSelf (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer The Birth of a Nation (1915)
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Charlene Regester's primary photo Charlene Regester Self Self See fewer Independent Lens (1999)
Ellen Scott's primary photo Ellen Scott Self Self See fewer Independent Lens (1999)
DJ Spooky's primary photo DJ Spooky Self Self See fewer Spawn (1997)
Melvyn Stokes's primary photo Melvyn Stokes Self Self See fewer Independent Lens (1999)

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