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One of the filmsthat is often credited with inventingwhat's called the dynamic montage

One of the films
that is often credited with inventing
what's called the dynamic montage

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One of the films that is often credited
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with inventing what's called the dynamic montage.
Duration
8 seconds
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54
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:19
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Bow + Arrow Entertainment,Field of Vision,Fork Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,California Humanites,Independent Film Producers (IFP)

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An in-depth look at Hollywood's depiction of transgender people and the impact of those stories on transgender lives and American culture.
And that was a D. W. Griffith film, - Disclosure 00:12
And that was a D. W. Griffith film,
And Judith, to save the city, - Disclosure 00:09
And Judith, to save the city,
And while she is in his tent, - Disclosure 00:08
And while she is in his tent,
There's a claim that this is one of the first films that we know of - Disclosure 00:10
There's a claim that this is one of the first films tha...
And there's a kind of, like, trans or, you know, gender non-binary character - Disclosure 00:12
And there's a kind of, like, trans or, you know, gender...
It's almost like the figure of the cut trans body, - Disclosure 00:11
It's almost like the figure of the cut trans body,
It's like we have always been present on-screen, - Disclosure 00:08
It's like we have always been present on-screen,
Can we all just talk about D. W. Griffith for a minute? - Disclosure 00:04
Can we all just talk about D. W. Griffith for a minute?
As the Missy Elliott song would say, we need to just back it up for a minute. - Disclosure 00:04
As the Missy Elliott song would say, we need to just back it...
The fact that we study and teach D. W. Griffith - Disclosure 00:09
The fact that we study and teach D. W. Griffith
Because if I had seen Birth of a Nation, - Disclosure 00:11
Because if I had seen Birth of a Nation,
Not only is D. W. Griffith incredibly racist, - Disclosure 00:15
Not only is D. W. Griffith incredibly racist,
It's like, "Oh, yeah, great, D. W. Griffith, - Disclosure 00:10
It's like, "Oh, yeah, great, D. W. Griffith,
If you look at that early silent film, - Disclosure 00:15
If you look at that early silent film,
You know, just, like, it's these sort of twin fascinations - Disclosure 00:08
You know, just, like, it's these sort of twin fascinati...
Like, you know, first, there's no such vocabulary back in the day of... - Disclosure 00:04
Like, you know, first, there's no such vocabulary back ...
In A Florida Enchantment she eats a seed, and then, like, voilà, - Disclosure 00:05
In A Florida Enchantment she eats a seed, and then, like, vo...
And, you know, not only were we looking at gender expression, - Disclosure 00:09
And, you know, not only were we looking at gender expression...
So, the white person becomes this high-society dandy, - Disclosure 00:10
So, the white person becomes this high-society dandy,
And so, even in this gender-transgressive fantasy, - Disclosure 00:12
And so, even in this gender-transgressive fantasy,