this week on q&a, our guest is dick lehr, author of the birth of a nation: how a legendary filmmaker and a crusading editor reignited america s civil war. dick lehr, in a recent washington post review, the gentleman who wrote it, it starts off this way no red-blooded american would favor censoring works of art. while reading dick lehr s book you may find yourself rooting for that with a clampdown of the 1915 film of the same name. isn t that a great start? why the birth of a nation and what is it? it s considered the first blockbuster film. the story i want to tell is not only the making and release of the film in 1915 but the controversy that it provoked. it is mainly a story about a civil rights leader from a boston by the name of william monroe trotter, a radical newspaper editor as well who was at the forefront of extensive protest action against this bill film about civil war and reconstruction which is entirely racist in its portrayal of black americ
role in getting the civil rights act of 1964 passed through the congress and the senate, which lyndon johnson signs on july 2 of 1964. we will look at that. that is where we will go from there. i will finish on one last note, and that has to do with african-americans. there is a major anniversary coming up in two weeks and that anniversary is not on most people s radar but it will be the 150th anniversary of congress s passage of the 13th amendment which ended slavery. that will happen saturday, december 31st. january. i m sorry january 31st. that will be coming up. in four years, slavery is obliterated from the united states in lincoln s first term. if you saw the daniel day-lewis movie of four years ago, that is really what that movie is about. it will take another hundred years before the passage of the civil rights act of 1964. any questions about anything? well good. well, thank you very much for being here. i appreciate it. [inaudible] know, and all the sources wi
this week on q&a, our guest is dick lehr, author of the birth of a nation, how a legendary fille maker and crusading editor reignited america s civil war. dick lehr, author of the birth of a nation in a recent washington post review, the gentleman that wrote it dennis drabelle starts out this way no red blooded american today would favor sensoring works of art, but while reading dick lehr s new book the birth of a nation, you may find yourself rooting for just that in the form of a clamp down on the landmark 1915 teen film of the same name. boy, isn t that a great start to a review. not bad to use the word fascinating fascinating. why birth of a nation. well birth of a nation by d.w. griffith is considered america s first blockbuster film and i want to tell the making and releasing of the film in 1915 and the controversy that is provoked. and it is mainly a story about a civil rights leader a forgotten kriefl rights civil rights leader named william trotter a
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, isn t that a great start to a review? c-span: not bad, he used the word fascinating. why the birth of a nation, and what is it? well, it s considered america s 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 it s 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. c-span: 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 wouldn t get censored but i hope there d be lots of protest d
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