movies

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• 11/12/19
  

  The Battle of Midway Movie is Mostly Terrific

  by Bruce Chadwick

  Despite its drawbacks, Midway is a rip-roaring military saga and a testament to the men who won it.

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• 11/5/19
  

  Harriet Appropriately and Aptly Honors Harriet Tubman

  by Bruce Chadwick

  Harriet is not only an enjoyable and inspirational film, but one that covers a lot of pre and post-Civil War history as well as some about the war itself.

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• SOURCE: Process History
  10/31/19
  

  African American Women's Work in the Underground Railroad Beyond Harriet Tubman

  by Jazma Sutton

  African American women, arguably the most vulnerable group in antebellum America, used every means at their disposal to escape slavery, liberate family members, assist in others’ self-liberation, and hold on to whatever measure of freedom they had achieved. 

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• SOURCE: Time
  10/25/19
  

  The Real History Behind The Current War

  by Olivia B. Waxman

  In the 1880s, Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and Nikola Tesla went to battle over who had the superior technology for electrical transmission.

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• 10/9/19
  

  A Brooding, Psychotic New Joker Joins the Batman Legend

  by Bruce Chadwick

  Bruce Chadwick examines the history of the character of the Joker and reviews the latest film. 

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• 8/11/19
  

  The Cultural History Behind Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood

  by David L. O'Connor

  Like most folktales, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood is filled with interesting characters, events, and messages from a bygone era.  

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• 4/14/19
  

  When Women Ran Hollywood

  by Juliette Fay

  Their names may no longer be widely recognizable, but women built and ran early Hollywood, shaped the industry in myriad ways, and influenced what we see on the silver screen even today.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/28/19
  

  Want to unify the country? A community organizer and a Klan leader showed us how.

  by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

  In the midst of the identity crisis we face as a nation, the organizing tradition that Ann Atwater embodied is the strong medicine we need.

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  2/21/19
  

  Every Sunday, These Historians Go to the Movies — All in the Name of Digital Community

  #HATM (Historians at the Movies) and public engagement. 

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  2/16/19
  

  Historians fight back as TV raids their research treasures for its shows

  Academics demand that producers ensure that dramas and documentaries credit their work

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  2/6/19
  

  A World War I Documentary Becomes ‘Event Cinema’

  ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ breaks box-office records

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  1/25/19
  

  The Green Book’s Black History

  by Brent Staples

  Lessons from the Jim Crow-era travel guide for African-American elites.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/22/19
  

  ‘Green Book’: A movie evokes the crucial guide for black travelers during segregation

  What was the Green Book? For African Americans, its listings could mean the difference between life and death.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/22/19
  

  ‘BlacKkKlansman’: How black detective Ron Stallworth infiltrated the Colorado Klan

  The true story behind the Oscar-nominated film.

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• SOURCE: Richard Norton
  accessed 1/10/19
  

  Satire and the History Behind "The Favourite" Movie

  Although it is not a documentary film, much of its history about lesbianism in the court of Queen Anne is fairly accurate – or at least accurately reflects contemporary views about Queen Anne.

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• 12-7-15
  

  Ten Rounds of History: The All-American Boxing Film Is Back with Creed

  by Bruce Chadwick

  Why have we loved boxing movies so much for over a hundred years?

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  6-8-15
  

  Black America's Forgotten Film History

  A new MoMA exhibit puts black films front and center

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• 6-5-15
  

  Why We Love Prison Stories, from the 1922 Chain Gang Movies to Netflix’ Orange Is the New Black

  by Bruce Chadwick

  There has always been drama in prison stories, all the way back to the silent era chain gang films.

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• 5-12-15
  

  New Documentary on Nazi Propaganda Films to Debut

  by Bruce Chadwick

  There are still 40 very offensive films that are not allowed to be shown publicly (except at scholarly events). Now clips of them have been spliced together in a bristling new documentary.

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• 4-27-15
  

  America Celebrates Citizen Welles of 1941’s Citizen Kane

  by Bruce Chadwick

  Why is America still so crazy about Orson Welles after all these years?