1915 - Birth of Nation and Other, Less Horrible Things (With Marcus Williams)
CW for this episode: Rape, suicide, and racial violence
Well if that content warning doesn’t tell you what you need to know, it’s time for the not all it’s cracked up to be and as racist and more than it’s cracked up to be, The Birth of a Nation. We’re excited to have done all the first hand research and leg work to tell you that it is not the revelation in filmic style and form that its reputation has it be. Regardless, there’s a lot to talk about with it, from the specifics of its heinous racial politics to the the things that it reveals about D.W. Griffith as a person. Plus we’ve got a stone cold classic Chaplin, a proto-noir, a well put together art film, and stop-motion dinosaurs!
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--- One Week, One Reel ---
The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy
--- The Serial Bowl ---
Les Vampires Episode 1: The Severed Head
Les Vampires Episode 2: The Ring that Kills
Les Vampires Episode 3: The Red Cryptogram
--- Our Feature Presentation ---
See you next year!