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	The Birth of a Nation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The film's controversy is in its premise that the Ku Klux Klan arose to restore order to the post-war South, as it was "endangered" by "uncontrollable" African American denizens and their allies, abolitionists, mulattos and carpetbagging Republican politicians from the North.
		It is still studied by film and cultural historians alike, and in 1992 the United States Library of Congress deemed it "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
		The message embedded in the film was that Reconstruction was a disaster, that African Americans could never be integrated into white society as equals, and that the violent actions of the Ku Klux Klan were justified to reestablish honest government, said University of Houston film historian Steven Mintz.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Birth_of_a_Nation (1890 words)

	Birth (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Birth is a 2004 film directed by Jonathan Glazer and starring Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall and Cameron Bright.
		The story is about Anna (played by Kidman) who is convinced that her husband, who died 10 years previous, has been reincarnated in the form of a 10-year-old boy named Sean (Bright).
		Interview with Jonathan Glazer (Birth) by Daniel Robert Epstein for Suicide Girls
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Birth_(movie) (192 words)

	Birth movie review, In Film Australia
		Birth, Nicole Kidman's new movie about a woman visited by a ten year old boy who claims to be a reincarnation of her dead ex-husband, floats closer to the latter train of thought but is unable to find solace in either type of methodology.
		Birth scored a buzz of pre-release controversy overseas regarding a scene in which Kidman's character shares a bath with her new pre-pubescent boyfriend.
		Birth is a difficult, nicely shot and convincingly performed film, very obscure in its motives, and it moves pedantically forward as if shrouded in secrecy.
	www.infilm.com.au /reviews/birth.htm (1010 words)

	The Birth Of A Nation (1915)
		Film scholars agree, however, that it is the single most important and key film of all time in American movie history - it contains many new cinematic innovations and refinements, technical effects and artistic advancements, including a color sequence at the end.
		The propagandistic film was one of the biggest box-office money-makers in the history of film, partly due to its exorbitant charge of $2 per ticket - unheard of at the time.
		Ironically, although the film was advertised as authentic and accurate, the film's major fl roles in the film -- including the Senator's mulatto mistress, the mulatto politican brought to power in the South, and faithful freed slaves -- were stereotypically played and filled by white actors - in flface.
	www.filmsite.org /birt.html (2438 words)

	Genfindit - Irish LDS Birth Film Numbers
		The film numbers for the birth records are below the index film numbers.
		5-1 to 5-2 1878 --------------------- 0256007 Births Sept. v.
		1-1 to 1-2 1878 --------------------- 0256008 Births Sept. v.
	www.genfindit.com /ibirths.htm (3379 words)

	Birth (2004): Reviews
		Kidman's brilliantly nuanced performance, Birth might feel arch, chilly and a little sadistic, but she gives herself so completely to the role that the film becomes both spellbinding and heartbreaking, a delicate chamber piece with the large, troubled heart of an opera.
		Birth may be the most futile application of cinematic and acting skill I've seen all year.
		Birth is one of those films occasionally encountered that make me question my nativity or that of the film-makers.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/birth (1254 words)

	Birth London Movie Review
		With his new film he has swapped the glorious colours and bright sunlit photography that characterised Sexy Beast for their polar opposite, a palette of muted greyish tones and dull, wintery exteriors.
		To be honest, Birth could have used a little more deadpan humour, as the overall bleakness eventually threatens to suffocate the film.
		Oddly, the film pulls back on a kissing scene that occurs later and is potentially more shocking — if the kiss had occurred within the bath scene, it would have been much more effective.
	www.viewlondon.co.uk /review_2250.html (557 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Film \| Kidman fends off movie hostility
		The premiere of Birth followed a booing from critics, while in an interview, Bacall dismissed suggestions Kidman was a legend, labelling her a "beginner".
		In Birth, Kidman's character believes her husband is reincarnated as a boy, with whom she shares a bath and a kiss.
		At the film's press conference on Wednesday, Kidman grew frustrated that all the questions were directed at her.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/3640424.stm (426 words)

	The Billings Outpost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A fan of this film is quickly judged as either a racist or a hardcore film buff who is ignoring the movie’s controversial nature.
		Based on Thomas Dixon’s novel “The Clansman,” the film is a three-hour epic showcasing the horrors of the Civil War and the plight of Southerners after the war.
		The film even points out Woodrow Wilson’s “History of the American People” as it states that the freeing of the slaves and reconstruction is “a veritable overthrow of civilization in the South...
	www.billingsnews.com /story?storyid=3848&issue=118 (1227 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: Great Movies :: The Birth of a Nation (xhtml)
		Griffith assembled and perfected the early discoveries of film language, and his cinematic techniques that have influenced the visual strategies of virtually every film made since; they have become so familiar we are not even aware of them.
		The most exciting and technically accomplished sequence in the second half of the film is also the most disturbing, as a white family is under siege in a log cabin, attacked by fls and their white exploiters, while the Ku Klux Klan rides to the rescue.
		Many silent films moved slowly, as if afraid to get ahead of their audiences; Griffith springs forward eagerly, and the impact on his audiences was unprecedented; they were learning for the first time what a movie was capable of.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030330/REVIEWS08/303300301/1023 (2436 words)

	Organica News -- Film: The Birth of a Nation
		The Birth of a Nation is based on the novel and play The Clansman, by Rev. Thomas A. Dixon, who reportedly suggested the grander, new title to Griffith.
		His films The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) and The Mother and the Law (1914) focused respectively on social abuses in urban settings and factories—quite remarkable for a medium generally considered by audiences and industry executives as mere one- and two-reel entertainment.
		The Birth of a Nation immediately accomplished two tasks: it encouraged the rebirth of the long-dormant Ku Klux Klan, a fact which later embarrassed Griffith and shamed the nation, and it also gave birth to the modern civil rights movement.
	www.organicanews.com /news/article.cfm?story_id=66 (1478 words)

	Culture Shock: Flashpoints: Theater, Film, and Video: D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation
		The mayor of Chicago refuses to issue a permit to show the film, and a bill is introduced in the Illinois legislature banning artwork that "tends to incite race riot, or race hatred."
		Ultimately, The Birth of a Nation is banned in eight states, prompting Griffith to become an advocate for free speech in film.
		In 1992, the National Film Preservation Board registers The Birth of a Nation on the basis of its "cultural, historical, and aesthetic importance," and in 1999, the American Film Institute ranks the film among the top 100 of the century.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/cultureshock/flashpoints/theater/birthofanation_a.html (568 words)

	D. W. Griffith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He is best known for being the director of the controversial film The Birth of a Nation.
		He was particularly influential in popularizing "cross-cutting"—using film editing to alternate between different events occurring at the same time—in order to build suspense.
		Immensely popular at the time of its release, his film The Birth of a Nation (1915), based on the novel The Clansman was perceived by some to be a white supremacist interpretation of history, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People attempted to have it banned.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Wark_Griffith (1017 words)

	Birth : film review
		The film's premise is simultaneously rather disturbing and laughable.
		This is at its most effective in the scene set in a concert hall where the camera is firmly fixed on Anna's gaze for several moments as she considers the reality and ramifications of Sean's claim.
		Birth is a finely-crafted film made with delicacy, a sense of pace and thought that is an odd but interesting piece of contemporary Hollywood cinema.
	www.musicomh.com /films2/birth.htm (503 words)

	Amazon.com: Birth: DVD: Nicole Kidman,Cameron Bright,Danny Huston,Lauren Bacall,Alison Elliott,Arliss Howard,Michael ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In this mesmerizing and suspenseful film, a woman (Kidman) becomes convinced that a ten-year-old boy is the reincarnation of her dead husband.
		This is underscored by the film's most transcendent moment, where the camera stays on a close up of Anna's face for several minutes while she is at a concert, as she becomes a believer.
		A complicated and sophisticated film which poses many questions and dilemmas for the viewer none was more controversial than the situation were if Kidman were to follow her true love, her dream - it would mean going with a 10 year old boy.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007P0X9G?v=glance (2745 words)

	FilmJerk.com - Film Review: Birth
		“Birth” isn’t an easy film by any means, but those with a mind open to mystery, inconclusiveness, and fantastic performances will be heavily rewarded if they can find the patience for this glacially paced, but profoundly absorbing motion picture.
		"Birth" is a film of mystery, and mediation on the amber afterglow of mourning.
		Glazer manages "Birth" as if he were lost in a trance, electing to use long takes of important moments, allowing the audience gets a full portrait of the emotional toll that is being taken on the characters.
	www.filmjerk.com /new/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1082 (840 words)

	Hour.ca - Film - Movie details - Birth
		Birth does not sufficiently explore this metaphysical premise, but neither does it shy away from the emotional effect of such a scenario.
		Birth is a Nicole Kidman movie and as such we have come to expect the unusual,the procative,the intelligent kind of movie that we remember when we think of Garbo films.Kidman is so overwhelming that everything else appears distant.
		Now, I really doubt that there are any sex scenes in the film and although Kidman may start showing reciprocation of the boy's feelings, the most intriguing thing would have to be why he thinks he is her dead husband and what on earth his parents are doing to try and help him.
	www.hour.ca /film/movie.aspx?iIDFilm=4941 (4002 words)

	Internet Archive: Details: Sudden Birth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This film was made to instruct police officers on the basics of childbirth and to show them an actual birth - mostly so they wouldn’t panic or pass out when confronted with such a scenario.
		However, the remarkable thing about this film is not that it merely features a live birth, but that it features a live birth in the back of an old 1950's automobile.
		for the sake of educating police officers on handling an emergency birth, or perhaps because they paid her, or maybe cause she couldn't afford to go to the hospital, this courageous young woman consented to give birth to her son in the back seat of a car, surrounded by cameras and movie lights.
	www.archive.org /details/sudden_birth (864 words)

	D.W. Griffith, The Birth of a Nation (1915)
		This film reflects that resentment by depicting radical Republicans and "uppity" African-Americans as the cause of all social, political, and economic problems since the Civil War.
		The years after Griffith released The Birth of a Nation saw massive race riots throughout the country, peaking especially in the North in 1919; many historians lay the blame for this racial conflict on Griffith's The Birth of a Nation.
		Several noteworthy themes run through the film, and it especially sheds light on the construction of categories of identity -- race, class, gender, and region -- during the early twentieth century.
	www.library.csi.cuny.edu /dept/history/lavender/birth.html (668 words)

	BIRTH (Nicole Kidman) MOVIE INFO - TheMovieBox.Net
		Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman (The Hours) stars in "Birth" as Anna, a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean.
		Birth, a dramatic mystery set in New York’s Upper East Side, is directed by Jonathan Glazer, who burst on the scene with the acclaimed Sexy Beast.
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	www.themoviebox.net /movies/2004/0-9ABC/Birth/main-page.html (152 words)

	Interview - Nicole Kidman for "Birth"
		For the 37-year old Australian actress, a professional actress now for some 21 years, Kidman laughingly concedes that her agents are used to her making the unique choices she makes, even if it means shooting Birth, a film that includes a controversial bathtub scene involving Kidman's character and a 10-year old boy.
		It's a long shot in the film, and Kidman, as usual, is modest when explaining how she is able to retain such patience.
		As Birth deals with a woman on the verge of remarrying, one of course wonders whether she gives the idea of another marriage serious consideration these days.
	www.darkhorizons.com /news04/birth.php (1398 words)

	Birth film review
		The fact that the resulting Birth is not an unreserved success should not detract from its achievements.
		The film raises some fascinating questions and although many are never answered satisfactorily, that it even prompts one to think elevates it above most fare.
		This earnest attitude is reflected in the film's deliberate and stylized manner.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /entertainment/film/reviews/birth.html (703 words)

	Birth
		A controversial and challenging drama, Birth is director Jonathan Glazer’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed Sexy Beast, and stars Nicole Kidman as Anna, a young woman whose husband Sean dies unexpectedly while out jogging in Central Park.
		As one of the films in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004, Birth courted controversy in the media for a scene in which Kidman and Bright share a naked bath together.
		Intentionally, there is very little conventional warmth to Birth; it’s almost as though Desplat is trying to convey the coldness of the New York setting, the grief Anna feels for the death of her husband, and her confusion following the appearance of “young Sean”.
	www.moviemusicuk.us /birthcd.htm (762 words)

	The Birth of a King - an epic film on Haiti's History
		The Author of the screenplay, "The Birth of a King," Anthony Dessalines has spent the past 27 years of his life endeavoring to produce an Epic Film.
		A film based on a Revolution for Independence of a country formerly called Hispanola, presently known as Haiti and The Dominican Republic.
		I believe it is time to make a film that is artistic, romantic, suspenseful, elegant, creative, exciting, with educational values.
	www.the-birth-of-a-king.com (520 words)

	Birth film movie trailer review at The Z Review
		Birth will be released in the US on R1 DVD on the 19th April 2005.
		Birth will be released in the UK on R2 DVD on the 28th February 2005.
		The movie will tell the story of a 35 year old woman whose life is turned upside down by a 10 year old kid who is infatuated with her and reveals that he is the reincarnation of her late husband who died 10 years ago....
	www.thezreview.co.uk /comingsoon/b/birth.shtm (672 words)

	Reviews Of Water Birth Video
		It presents an interesting new approach to birthing which seems to empower women and may result in major positive changes in their self-image.
		WATER BABY is an important film that makes a valuable contribution not only to the individual viewers, but also to the field of human development as it invites further study into the effects of a water birth experience on the growth of the child"
		Daniels' film WATER BABY displays her unique perspective and unusually sensitive approach to depiction of alternative birthing methods.
	www.portalmarket.com /reviews.html (1135 words)

	channel4.com/film - Birth
		After the credits - which show the birth of a baby - have rolled, Glazer shows Anna visiting the grave of her spouse, while her new suitor Joseph (Huston) waits in the car.
		A caption notes the film has moved on ten years; the infant from the credit sequence has grown into a solitary boy, also named Sean (Bright).
		A solemn yet ominous work, Birth is set in a series of airless Upper West Side interiors and stark landscapes that only add to the sense of dread and foreboding.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=136467 (369 words)

	Amazon.com: Birth (Score): Music: Alexandre Desplat,Alexandre Desplat,Haberdasher Aske's Orchestra,London Symphony ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Desplat's masterful music here (honored with nods from both the Venice Film Festival and Online Critics Society) is on a par with his Golden Globe-nominated Girl With a Pearl Earring, another elegant, post-modernist musical gem from one of filmdom's most underrated musical talents.
		"Birth", a dramatic mystery set in NY's Upper East Side, stars Nicole Kidman as Anna, a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband Sean.
		I FINALLY got my CD in the mail from Amazon and it had been about a month since I'd actually seen the film (maybe longer) and as soon as it cued up and began to play, it was uncannily just as etherial and eerie sounding as it was the first time.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00066VUMA?v=glance (839 words)

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