Birth Of A MovementFebruary 10, 2018

In 1915, Boston-based African American newspaper editor and activist William M. Trotter waged a battle against D.W. Griffith’s technically groundbreaking but notoriously Ku Klux Klan-friendly The Birth of a Nation, unleashing a fight that still rages today about race relations, media representation, and the power and influence of Hollywood. Birth of a Movement captures the backdrop to this prescient clash between human rights, freedom of speech, and a changing media landscape.

Birth Of A Movement was broadcast on NITV at Saturday 25 July 2020, 13:25. This episode was initially placed on Saturday 10 February 2018.