A nation, you may find yourself rooting for just that in the form of a clampdown on the landmark 1950 teen film o. Same name. Guest boy, isnt that a great start to a review . Cspan not bad, he used the word fascinating. Why the birth of a nation, and what is it . Well, its considered americas first blockbuster film. And the story i wanted to tell is not only the making and the release of that film in 1950, but the controversy that it provoked. And its mainly a story about a civil rights leader, forgotten civil rights leader from boston by name of William Monroe trotter, radical newspaper editor as well, who was at the forefront of extensive protest actions against this film about civil war and reconstruction which is entirely racist in its portrayal of black america. Cspan if this film were to come out today and be a in a multiplex theater in this country, what would happen . Guest well, i hope it wouldnt get censored but i hope thered be lots of protest drawing anticipation to the rac
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