Michael Johnson, "Oscar Micheaux, Spike Lee, and The Birth of a Nation" (2/9/2019)
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on 04/26/19
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Dr. Michael Johnson, Professor of English at UMF, situates Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman within the history of African-American cinema going back to the work of Oscar Micheaux, while also exploring how these filmmakers have responded to the pervasive racism of D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation.
