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Given the red-in-the-face visceral fury that the original film has incited since its release (see sidebar), Miller??s first reaction upon viewing The Birth of a Nation was surprising. At the time, he was a philosophy/French literature major studying at Bowdoin College, a D.C. expat fed on hardcore punk groups like Bad Brains and a style of ’70s horn-funk called...
With a musical and artistic background distinctive for its sincerity, it’s easy to imagine Miller??s misgivings about the extravagant hysterics of Griffith’s film. Indeed, his initial response was “a wide sense of amusement. It was very difficult to take seriously. It was kind of overblown...
Former Cavell Curator of the HFA Bruce Jenkins recalls Miller approaching the archive for assistance when Rebirth was still in its conceptual state. Intrigued by Miller??s plans, the HFA worked to help develop a project in which Miller would DJ to the film in Sanders Theatre. However, the HFA was unsuccessful in gaining institutional support to co-sponsor the event, and what would have been the world premiere of Rebirth failed to materialize...
...light of the controversy occasioned by previous showings, Jenkins wanted to have on-campus support for the project which, unfortunately, never came through. It was not until over two years later that Jenkins saw Miller??s vision realized at a performance of Rebirth at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago...
Miller can thank the collaborative efforts of Rivers and the OFA for his long overdue Boston debut. Rivers, co-coordinator of HFAI and a longtime fan of Miller??s, saw Rebirth at Lincoln Center in New York City this past summer. “[A]s soon as Rebirth was over, I knew I wanted him to come and do it at Harvard,” Rivers writes in an email, and she subsequently approached and received support from the OFA to bring Miller to campus...