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Africanamericans. Hard to be worse than the treatment of arvfricanamerican so then better. So Laura Michael and brooke at the beginning talk about, i think, sort of overall southern white perceptions of race. And brooke makes the argument both of them make the argument that this is an accurate depick of the way that whites perceived the way things went or slavery persisted. So again to it aagaagain not ba capturing that moment in time. They have a right to critique th that. Scarlet scarlets parents how historically accurate do you think they were. He was irish. Really irish. Knew to the south. The ieshiearish, especially in north were being seen as the lowest of the low just above africanamericans. How likely would it have been for him to own this huge plantation. Hes too rich but there are a number of scotts and irish immigrants who go to the upcountry part of the south, the back country south and are able to get land and in some ....
Image of a time that never really was. Its something beautiful, romantic and exciting and they can get away from how much their lives absolutely suck. Thats why the movie industry does incredibly well during the great depression. You wouldnt think it does well, but it does incredibly well for that reason. So we are to the point where we talk about what the movie does right. 12 minutes left. How does the movie measure up historically speaking when dealing with some of the elite white characters and their lives. Better or worse than how they deal with africanamericans . Hard to be worse than the treatment of africanamericans, so then better. So Laura Michael and brooke at the beginning talk about, i think, sort of overall southern white perceptions of race. And brooke makes the argument both of them make the argument that this is an accurate depiction of the way whites perceived the way things went or an accurate portrayal of the sou ....
Its 150 years since the u. S. Civil war and a number of countre are under way this year and next to mark the occasion. Over the next new hours, were going to take a look at hollywoods perception of the issues. Now, a panel of history professors traces slavery as depicted in films in the 1930s. This hour and a half event is from the society from civil war historians bihandle meeting in baltimore. In the past two years, three feature filmses who focus is american slavery and emancipation have been released to positive and often glowing reviews and all of them were profitable. Django unchained made 160 milli million. Lincoln made 182 million. 12 years a slade made 26 million but only cost 26 million to make. Roughly the same. This mini upsurge has provoked a lot of debate and discussion about the depictions of slavery and freedom of film and other forms of media, visual media and television and documentary, youtube shorts and different series. We are continue iing that conversation today. ....
Framed the idea of slavery. They also describe changes in gender portrayals and how they have shifted into leading roles. This event is from the society of civil war historians i annual meeting. It is about 1. 5 hours. 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 g ....
Those hospitals. I think brooke put in our comment too that the women werent really around the men changing bandages but scarlet was all up in there. Shes was literally watching what was going on. Women usually removed from that because they were that pure for that sort of thing. She was kind of like a traditional, say your typical war nurse you would think of. Thats really not what it was like. Another thing to think about is that all of the hospital scenes that are portrayed are in the south at the end of the war so there are very few men around to help as nurses anyway. So there was a greater chance that women would take up these roles as acting as nurses whether she would do it in garb to do it is an entirely different matter but it is certainly possible to have women filling those roles in hospital. Right. Certainly in the south, it is more likely to see this in extreme circumstances where women would step in. . qc okay. What about scarlet owning a mill, running a mill and galavan ....