POL 128 Lecture 2: Politics and Film
18 Jan 2019
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Required reading: politics in silent movies, christensen and haas (projecting. Americans from elsewhere were not: jews in early films were almost always depicted negatively, the negative depiction of jews and immigrants was ironic considering most early film producers were immigrants and many were jews. Immigrant filmmakers soon started living the american dream because they became rich and famous: their flag-waving served a political purpose too. History in lightning: the birth of a nation was the most important film of the silent film era, both artistically and politically. President wilson"s history of the american people, griffith shaped a film with a distinct point of view on the events, politics and politicians of its period despite depicting events 50 years in the past. Africans: the once happy families are divided by the war that the movie labels. Futile and abhorrent (pointless and repulsive: sons from the families die in each other"s arms to reiterate the point that.
