Davis, Natalie Zemon. Slaves on screen; film and historical vision.
Harvard Univ. Press. 164p. illus. notes, c2000.0-674-00444-2. $14.95. SA
History professor emeritus e·mer·i·tus
adj.
Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement: a professor emeritus.
n. pl. from Princeton, Natalie Davis Natalie Davis may refer to: - Natalie Zemon Davis an American historian
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studies five films, Spartacus (1960), Burn! (1969), The Last Supper Last Supper, in the New Testament, meal taken by Jesus and his disciples on the eve of the passion. Jesus broke bread and passed a cup of wine among the disciples, identifying himself with the bread and the wine and linking the meal to his impending death on the (1976), Amistad (1997), and Beloved (1998), for their fidelity to historical fact even as they attempt to present a dramatic story to American audiences of three different decades. In treating each film, Zemon presents the historical data that forms the backdrop Backdrop may refer to: - Theatrical scenery
- Filming location
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for the movie and then compares it, point by point, to the material presented (or omitted) in the completed film. Davis's prose is smooth and accessible, as is her presentation of her material. While having seen each film first would enrich an appreciation of her position that "Historical films should let the past be the past," the reader can understand Davis's treatment before having studied any of the movies.
High school students, even junior high school classes with careful guidance, could gain not only a deepened appreciation of history as portrayed por·tray
tr.v. por·trayed, por·tray·ing, por·trays
1. To depict or represent pictorially; make a picture of.
2. To depict or describe in words.
3. To represent dramatically, as on the stage. in film, but also a heightened sense of inquiry from reading Davis in conjunction with seeing even one or two of the films treated in this work.
Patricia A. Moore, Brookline, MA
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