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HIST 1301
This is an exciting opportunity to be critical of a producer’s artistic interpretation of History. Use this film review opportunity to watch a film that truly interests you personally.
Paper Guideline: 1-2 pages, double spaced, 1” margins, Times New Roman. Please submit on eCampus in the “Film Review Drop Off.”
Ideas, questions to consider as you write your review:
How did this film enhance your understanding of the history? Did the producers do a good job? Why or why not? What scene hooked you in? Is it historically accurate? Do you think this film is a good teaching tool for teachers, why or why not? Draw conclusions, if there are any similarities to current events today. Draw conclusions for solutions to this historical issue addressed in your film.
Notice the costume design/fashion implemented, and the setting of the film, does it properly fit that era.
Some film suggestions:
The Crucible
Gettysburg
Lincoln
A Man For All Seasons
12 Years a Slave
The Last of The Mohicans
Any Civil War Documentary – PBS or History Channel
How The West Was Won
Horse Soldiers
Cold Mountain
The Red Badge of Courage
Gone with the Wind
Pearl Harbor
Lincoln
Be sure to check Amazon & Netflix for other documentaries or historical miniseries or films
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12 years a slave (film review)
12 years a slave is a period drama film which adopts an 1853 slave narrative by Solomon
Northup. Solomon was an African-American man kidnapped in Washington D.C. and later sold
into slavery by two conmen where he worked in plantations in the state of Louisiana for 12
years. The movie thus portrays the plight in which African-Americans went through as they
served their masters in large plantations. Solomon is tricked by his friends who sell him to work
as a slave leaving behind his family. The blacks did not had any freedom because they were only
allowe...
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