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BIRTH OF THE LIVING DEAD

YEAR OF THE LIVING DEAD

By Rob KUHNS

Documentary - Completed 2013

Through conversations with various figures in the film industry, including George Romero himself, the filmmaker explores the creation and cultural legacy of Night of the Living Dead.

- Year of production
- 2013
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 76 mn
- Director(s)
- Rob KUHNS
- Cast
- Chiz SCHULTZ, Elvis MITCHELL, Gale Anne HURD, George A. ROMERO, Jason ZINOMAN, Larry FESSENDEN, Mark HARRIS, Samuel D. POLARD
- Producer(s)
- Esther CASSIDY, Larry FESSENDEN
- Synopsis
- 'In 1968 a young college drop-out named George A. Romero directed a low budget horror film that became an icon of the counterculture and spawned a zombie industry worth billions of dollars that continues to this day.
  Birth of the Living Dead explores the making of Night of the Living Dead and shows us how this young filmmaker created a world-renowned horror film that was also a profound insight into how our society really works. Archival footage of the horrors of Vietnam and racial violence at home combined with iconic music from the 60s invites viewers to experience how Romero's tumultuous film reflected this period in American history.