Civil war historians biennial meeting is about one hour and a half. In the past two years, three feature films whose focus is american slavery and emancipation have been released to positive and often glowing reviews. All of them were profitable. Django unchained made 160 Million Dollars at the box office. Lincoln made 182 million. 12 years a slave, made 56 million, but only cost 20 million to make. This sort of miniupsurge has provoked a lot of debate and discussion about depictions of slavery and freedom in film and other forms of media. In television, documentaries, and youtube shorts, different series. We are continuing the conversation today. All of our panelists are fierce scholars of the American South and of race and gender. They have also written about, reviewed, taught courses on, and consulted for films about slavery. Catherine clinton has been teaching at Queens University belfast since 2006, but will be coming back to the United States this fall to be a professor of u. S.
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