1915’s “Birth of a Nation” was the film that simultaneously launched the
modern movie industry and gave the Ku Klux Klan a foothold in the 20th
Century.Friday night is the Philly premiere of a film project that DJ Spooky
calls “a digital exorcism” .. taking the original 1915 footage and
doing a live 3-screen video/audio remix that turns the tables on the
original..It all goes down this Friday night 4/13 at the Gordon Theater,
Rutgers-Camden..DJ Spooky will be there at 6pm for a FREE roundtable discussion with the
RU-C departments of film and African-American studies..More info is available at www.gordontheater.com or by calling (856)
225-2700