For example in january 1865, ab maryland has abolished slavery. Bn. The confederates are talking about offering limited emancipation in order for talk service in the army. Things have changed. This was not a debate they woult have in the cabinet in the way that Tony Horowitz or steven in spielberg portrayed. Such its such a wonderful thing to see, a film addressing such a fm complicated issues, but the timing is all wrong. Timi ecti from ave dramatic perspective, frostbite an Artistic License perspective is totally understandable. They need to create drama and tension. This is act i, right . S screenwriting 101, you set up tension and then you resolve itw i give them all the license they of this conflict between the tw conservatives and the radicals,o they have to introduce something that doesnt actually appear inc the book thats the basis for the film. tats t so the film is supposedly built around the team of rivals, doris kern goodmans book. But in the team of rivals, socalled seward
Amistad and the moment in the film where, which is certainly taken from the case. They throw them over board. The slaves are shackled and thrown overboard is one of the most visually powerful, arresting scenes. When i went to the International Museum of slavery in liverpool they had their own version of that so it is something that we deal in words and powerfully in telling stories but its something that we now in the 21st century back to media have to grapple with. Whos going to look at it . How is it going to feel . I think we have to bring our students and public to understand stories can be told in many different dimensions and i think the power of some of these scenes maybe we can deal with clips rather than the full film and deal with the powerful medium of historical film as something that can bring slavery to a modern audience. That seems like an excellent place to conclude. Thank you all so much for coming and thank you very much to our panelists for their very thoughtful and
Location and at the very end she says, tara, home, i will go home. Right . So thats going to fix it. Thats an incredibly powerful sense. I think this adds an element that these people werent fighting so they could keep people in subjugation. This is where they grew up and had a right to fight for their homes. It makes them feel more look crusaders rather than the version that they wanted black people to keep working for them so they could keep sipping their tea. What are some of the other ways that we see the time period affecting this particular version of history . So paige points out when the premier emerges, theres actually actual kinds of confederate flags and veterans show up at the premier, right . It is very explicitly about a celebration of the confederacy and of confederate heritage, right . Theres no question that thats part of it. Both hannah and germ jeremy ta about the portrayal of the north in this. How much do you think this fits into its being made at the time period t
Symposium which is about 45 minutes. Mattr next speaker is thinkpinksner. He is a professor at Dickinson College which is the alma mater of both president buchanan and the chief justice. , for what that is worth. The author of a number of books and articles, including lincolns sanctuary which is a history of the soldiers home in lincolns sanctuary which is a history of the soldiers home where lincoln would go during the summer and he is the author of a forthcoming book which i think will radically force us to think about lincoln in a new way. Its hard to imagine anything that could force us to think about lincoln in a new way since there is so much on lincoln that what else is there to say . His new book will be called boss lincoln and he is going to look at lincoln as a party and president ial leader. Ill turn the podium over to matt pinsker and also let him talk to us about mr. Spielberg and lincoln goes to hollywood. Well, thank you very much. To paul and don and everyone here, it i
Freedom. This was hosted by the american historical society. It is about 45 minutes. Our next speaker is matt pinsker the associate professor of history and holds the chair in American Civil War history at it is the almost not her of alma mater, for what that is worth. Of a numberauthor of books and articles. And it the author of a forthcoming book, which i think will radically force us to think about lincoln in a new way and it is hard to think of anyone anything that could force us to think of lincoln in a new way, because there is so much about lincoln, what else is there to say . There to say . His new book will be called boss lincoln and he is going to look at lincoln as a party and president ial leader. Ill turn the podium over to matt pinsker and also let him talk to us about mr. Spielberg and lincoln goes to hollywood. Well, thank you very much. To paul and don and everyone here, it is an honor to be at a symposium like this and speak about spielbergs lincoln is important for u