One hundred and sixty portraits or rather appearances, sketches and glimpses of avant-garde, independent filmmakers and film activists between 1955 and 1996.
Why BIRTH OF A NATION? Because the film independents IS a nation in itself. We are surrounded by commercial cinema Nation same way as the indigenous people of the United States or of any other country are surrounded by Ruling Powers.
We are the invisible, but essential nation of cinema. We are Cinema.

意大利新现实主义大师罗伯托·罗西里尼在生前为世界留下了重要的电影遗产，但他为其家族留下了什么呢？本片导演亚历桑德罗·罗西里尼是前者的孙子，55岁的他在个人生活陷入困境之际，决定以这部个人纪录长片处女作治愈自己的“罗西里尼情结”。他以自传的角度切入，真诚又略带自嘲的口吻作为旁白，结合家族昔日珍贵私人影像展现这位不按常理出牌的祖父形象，跑遍世界各地试图完整拼凑家人各自的曲折道路，大爆跌破眼镜的奇闻轶事。该片荣获2021年意大利银缎带奖最佳电影类纪录片奖。

罗伯托·罗西里尼，意大利导演。父亲和祖父都是著名的建筑家。高中毕业时，他突然对电影感兴趣，于是放弃升大学，进入电影界。1934年写了一篇灵感来自德彪西音乐《牧神午后》的电影故事，然后把它拍成电影。1945年的《罗马不设防》成为新写实主义的第一炮。1948年的《德意志零年》也是一部重要的新现实主义杰作。1959年的《罗维雷将军》获得威尼斯电影节金狮奖。曾与英格丽·褒曼有过一段婚姻（1950－1958），褒曼为他放弃了好莱坞的事业。60年代后期开始侧重电视工作，为电视台拍摄了不少历史人物的传记片。

Birri devoted his energies to opposing social class inequalities in Argentina, yet with the Frondizi government ousted by the military, Birri was forced to leave the country in late 1963. While in political exile he traveled throughout Latin America teaching young filmmakers his craft, eventually returning to Rome due to lack of resources. He spent ten years making the little-seen experimental art film, Org. When it was finally finished in 1978 it so outraged its producer that he ordered it destroyed (though reportedly a print still exists).

A personal and captivating account of the extraordinary life and work of Ingrid Bergman (1915-82), a young Swedish woman who became one of the most celebrated actresses in world cinema.

纪录片《红色的灰烬》诗意地展现出斯特隆波岛独特的自然及人文风貌。1950年罗西里尼正 是在这座看似原始、荒芜的火山岛上拍摄了其佳作《火山边缘之恋》。本片结合珍贵的档案影象及对岛上居民的采访， 再现出当年拍摄时的诸多幕后细节。从中，不难一窥斯特隆波岛的神秘与岛民们的质朴 与自豪。