Birth of a Movement (2017)

In 1915 Bostonbased African American newspaper editor and activist William M Trotter waged a battle against DW Griffiths technically groundbreaking but notoriously Ku Klux Klanfriendly The Birth of a Nation unleashing a fight that still rages today about race relations media representation and the power and influence of Hollywood Birth of a Movement based on Dick Lehrs book The Birth of a Movement How Birth of a Nation Ignited the Battle for Civil Rights captures the backdrop to this prescient clash between human rights freedom of speech and a changing media landscape