@film {1378430, title = {Birth of a Movement}, year = {2017}, publisher = {Executive producer. PBS, February 6, 2017.}, abstract = {

In 1915, African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith{\textquoteright}s notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly blockbuster The Birth of a Nation, which unleashed a fight still raging today about race relations and representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. The Birth of a Movement features Spike Lee, Reginald Hudlin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and DJ Spooky.

}, author = {Henry Louis Gates, Jr.} }