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This essay discusses the ways in which films can be used to represent history. It discusses the different types of narratives that films can contain, as well as the ways in which films can be used to remember and commemorate historical events.
Historical film has been an important genre the earliest silents. Lincoln, Jesus, the French Revolution, World War II - all have been repeatedly "represented" in film. But how does film represent the past, and specifically the part of the past we call "history"? Writing History in Film lays out the key issues facing the student and film scholar: what is historical narrative? What is factual narrative? How can film represent a historical character? What is the relation of film to memory?
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