{"product_id":"the-birth-of-a-nation-the-cinematic-past-in-the-present-9780253042354","title":"The Birth of a Nation: The Cinematic Past in the Present","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver one hundred years since it premiered on cinema screens, D. W. Griffith's controversial photoplay \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e continues to influence American film production and to have relevance for race relations in the United States. While lauded at the time of its release for its visual and narrative innovations and a box office hit with film audiences, it provoked African American protest in 1915 for racially offensive content. In this collection of essays, contributors explore Griffith's film as text, artifact, and cultural legacy and place it into both the historical and transnational contexts of the first half of the 1900s and its resonances with current events in America, such as #BlackLivesMatter, #HollywoodSoWhite, and #OscarsSoWhite movements. Through studies of the film's reception, formal innovations in visual storytelling, and comparisons with contemporary movies, this work challenges the idea the United States has moved beyond racial problems and highlights the role of film and representation in the continued struggle for equality. This title is also available as an Open Access edition online at https: \/\/iu.pressbooks.pub\/thebirthofanation\/\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael T. Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253042354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael T. Martin is Professor of Cinema and Media Studies in the Media School at Indiana University and Editor-in-Chief of \u003ci\u003eBlack Camera: An International Film Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. He is editor (with David C. Wall and Marilyn Yaquinto) of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRace and the Revolutionary Impulse in\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe Spook Who Sat by the Door and editor (with David C. Wall) of \u003ci\u003eThe Politics and Poetics of Black Film: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eNothing But a Man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39946291904627,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_47f579ac-9fe7-4e2f-8d02-4635e99e05f7.jpg?v=1648313138","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-birth-of-a-nation-the-cinematic-past-in-the-present-9780253042354","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}