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- catalog abstract ""Tackles the large issue of how the moving picture industry has portrayed slaves in five major motion pictures spanning four generations. The potential of film to narrate the historical past in an effective and meaningful way, with insistence on loyalty to the evidence, is assessed in five films; Spartacus (1960), Burn! (1969), The Last Supper (1976), Amistad (1997), and Beloved (1998)."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11704301.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Tackles the large issue of how the moving picture industry has portrayed slaves in five major motion pictures spanning four generations. The potential of film to narrate the historical past in an effective and meaningful way, with insistence on loyalty to the evidence, is assessed in five films; Spartacus (1960), Burn! (1969), The Last Supper (1976), Amistad (1997), and Beloved (1998)."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Film as historical narrative -- Resistance and survival: Spartacus -- Ceremony and revolt: Burn! and The Last Supper -- Witnesses of trauma: Amistad and Beloved -- Telling the truth.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-160).".
- catalog extent "xi, 164 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Slaves on screen.".
- catalog identifier "0674004442 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Slaves on screen.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog relation "Slaves on screen.".
- catalog subject "791.43/655 21".
- catalog subject "Motion pictures Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "PN1995.9.S557 D38 2000".
- catalog subject "Slavery in motion pictures.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Film as historical narrative -- Resistance and survival: Spartacus -- Ceremony and revolt: Burn! and The Last Supper -- Witnesses of trauma: Amistad and Beloved -- Telling the truth.".
- catalog title "Slaves on screen : film and historical vision / Natalie Zemon Davis.".
- catalog type "text".