Birth of a Nation (2018)

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.

Released May 4, 2018 3 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.installation

Production Companies: James Benning

Country: United States
Production Country: United States
Languages: English