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Live Backstory Show: The Birth of a Nation at 100 - History Film Forum
Live Backstory Show: THE BIRTH OF A NATION at 100
Sunday, November 22, 2015
5 pm, Warner Bros. Theater
This year marks the 100th anniversary of D.W. Griffith's controversial and monumental work, THE BIRTH OF A NATION. As perhaps the best example of the power of history film to affect public understanding of the past, the Forum will examine the film and what it means a century later as well as what lessons we can draw for the creation of history film today. The discussion will be hosted by Backstory with the American History Guys, a weekly, national public radio program and podcast produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, in discussion with artists, scholars, and the live audience.
The American History Guys
Brian Balogh, Professor of History, University of Virginia
Peter Onuf, Professor of History, Emeritus, UVA, and Senior Research Fellow, Monticello
Ed Ayers, Professor of the Humanities and President, Emeritus, University of Richmond
Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky), artist
Annette Gordon Reed, historian and law professor, Harvard University
Fath Davis Ruffins, Curator of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution
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LocationNational Museum of American History (View)
14th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20560
United States
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| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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