History in the Media: Film and Television

✍ Scribed by Robert Niemi

• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 525
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Can films tweak the facts and still be faithful to history? How much of what they present as true is inaccurate or distorted? History in the Media: Film and Television looks at the growing research exploring these questions. It is the only reference guide that discuss the latest scholarship on history in film and on television and evaluates specific films and programs for quality, accuracy, and ideological biases. Coverage ranges from biopics (Gandhi), meticulous restagings (Apollo 13), and true crime (Bonnie and Clyde) to documentaries such as the World War II newsreels Why We Fight and Ken Burns's The Civil War.

Historic dramas come up big at the Oscars. Cable television offers a History and a Biography channel. Hollywood blockbusters depicting historical events are huge moneymakers. It is the ideal time to look at what happens when events and people become stories and characters, and History in the Media is the ideal introduction to that study.

✦ Table of Contents

Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
1 Military History on Film and Television......Page 25
2 Military History on Film and Television: World War I......Page 69
3 Military History on Film and Television: World War II......Page 91
4 Military History on Film and Television:Korean War to Bosnia......Page 171
5 Sports History on Film and Television......Page 199
6 Music History on Film and Television......Page 261
7 Art History on Film and Television......Page 319
8 Labor, Business, and Political History on Film and Television......Page 337
9 History of U.S. Race Relations on Film and Television......Page 385
10 History of Crime on Film and Television......Page 405
Bibliography......Page 461
Index......Page 473
About the Author......Page 525