GRITtv with Laura Flanders

GRITtv: DJ Spooky's Rebirth of a Nation

Jul 13, 2009 Episode Archive
About this series: Laura Flanders talks to creative thinkers and change-makers from the worlds of politics, arts and the new economy. The smartest conversations, with the smartest thinkers and doers of our time, distributed in multiple formats on a variety of platforms. Keep abreast of fresh content by following GRITtv, the site Flanders founded, on Twitter @GRITtv.
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DJ Spooky aka That Subliminal Kid's work as a trip-hop musician has expanded over the last decade to include multimedia. For the last several years ...
DJ Spooky aka That Subliminal Kid's work as a trip-hop musician has expanded over the last decade to include multimedia. For the last several years he has toured with the just now released Rebirth of a Nation, a piece that takes the technically groundbreaking, and incredibly racist 1915 D.W. Griffith Silent Film, Birth of a Nation and updates it through hip hop, remixing, but not remaking it. It's gotten quite a bit of critical acclaim, take a look. Less
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