Birth of a Movement: The Battle Against America's First Blockbuster
Very timely, given all that's going on in our country at the moment. Kusiak Music was honored to contribute music to this incredible film by Susan Gray and Bestor Cram.
John Kusiak and director Susan Gray at the premiere.
"Boston, 1915. African-American newspaper editor and activist William Monroe Trotter wages a battle against D.W. Griffith's groundbreaking blockbuster, The Birth of a Nation. An infamous re-inventing of history, friendly to the Ku Klux Klan, Griffith's motion picture unleashes a conflict that still rages today about race relations, censorship, and the power of Hollywood.”
TUNE IN for the broadcast premiere of Birth of a Movement on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, February 6, 2017 at 10PM nationwide.