Filmography of World History

Global in scope and a practical tool for students and teachers of history,Filmography of World History: A Select, Critical Guide To Feature Films That Engage The Pastincludes description and analysis of over 300 historical films. A companion to Grant Tracey'sFilmography of American History, this critical reference book selects movies that represent aspects of world history from the middle ages through the twentieth century. These films adopt as their subject a wide range of historical events, people and societies of Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Canada, and Latin America. Films are arranged alphabetically, with cross referencing by geographic area, time period, and five themes: History as Biography; Crossing Cultures; Civil, International and Sectarian Conflict; Society: Modernization and Tradition; and Redefining Historical Narrative. Each film entry includes production data, current U.S. home videodistributors, geographical and time setting, plot description, and references to critical literature. Over half of the entries provide extended analysis of the historical interpretation the film brings to the screen.Filmography of World Historyargues for the potential of feature films to teach us about the past and its reconstruction in academe and popular culture. The book offers an historian's perspective on films as varied asArarat,Black Rain,Lin Zexu,Saladin,Winstanley,Judgment at Nuremberg,Distant Thunder,The Official Story,Cabeza de Vaca,Newsfront,Lumumba,Daresalam, andThe Great White Man of Lambaréné

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