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A Black screenwriter is hired to write the $50,000,000 remake of "The Birth of a Nation."A Black screenwriter is hired to write the $50,000,000 remake of "The Birth of a Nation."A Black screenwriter is hired to write the $50,000,000 remake of "The Birth of a Nation."
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  • Director
    • Spike Lee
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    • Ernest Rayford
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    The 23 Year Old Spike Lee
    In the same way that Oscar Micheaux responded to D.W. Griffith's 'The Birth of a Nation' by making films from a black perspective, Spike Lee took up the baton and responded in the same way. This film was a statement to say that he would write, direct and produce his own films just like Micheaux and Griffith respectively.
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      • October 1980 (United States)
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