The American Civil War on Film and TV: Blue and Gray in Black and White and Color

by Rosanne Welch

Book Overview

Whether on the big screen or small, films featuring the American Civil War are among the most classic and controversial in motion picture history. From D. W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation (1915) to Free State of Jones (2016), the war has provided the setting, ideologies, and character archetypes for cinematic narratives of morality, race, gender, and nation, as well as serving as historical education for a century of Americans.

In The American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498566901
• ISBN13: 9781498566902
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"