Though hes an upandcoming scholar. He has already published four books. Hes authored our edited these four books two of them are on the subject of Film And Memory very appropriate for tonight. And even though its an online event. I brought a profile along with me. One of those books is called writing history with lightning and its a collection of essays. He coedited with John Insco and really if you hear tonight and interested in slavery on the Silver Screen, i think youll be interested in in this collection of essays as well. So dr. Holbert is going to speak for about 30 35 minutes and thats going to leave us plenty of time for discussion. We will wrap things up by about 8 15. So about an hour and 15 minutes all together and for the discussion i encourage you to ask questions through the q a feature of zoom so you wont be able to turn your camera on and speak. Unfortunately, you wont be able to type things into the chat box, but the q a box is where you will be able to ask questions.
event. i brought a profile along with me. one of those books is called writing history with lightning and it s a collection of essays. he co-edited with john insco and really if you hear tonight and interested in slavery on the silver screen, i think you ll be interested in in this collection of essays as well. so dr. holbert is going to speak for about 30 35 minutes and that s going to leave us plenty of time for discussion. we will wrap things up by about 8:15. so about an hour and 15 minutes all together and for the discussion i encourage you to ask questions through the q&a feature of zoom so you won t be able to turn your camera on and speak. unfortunately, you won t be able to type things into the chat box, but the q&a box is where you will be able to ask questions. give us your comments and you can do that anytime one of the nice things about you know, and online talk rather than an in-person one is when a question, of course to you type in to the box you don t have to
and today s speaker, dr. matthew christopher holbert is part of this series and he qualifies. he s an assistant professor at hampden-sydney college not too far out of his university of georgia phd program, but even though he s an up-and-coming scholar. he has already published four books. he s authored our edited these four books two of them are on the subject of film and memory very appropriate for tonight. and even though it s an online event. i brought a profile along with me. one of those books is called writing history with lightning and it s a collection of essays. he co-edited with john insco and really if you hear tonight and interested in slavery on the silver screen, i think you ll be interested in in this collection of essays as well. so dr. holbert is going to speak for about 30 35 minutes and that s going to leave us plenty of time for discussion. we will wrap things up by about 8:15. so about an hour and 15 minutes all together and for the discussion i encourage
and: with additional funding from these foundations and individuals: and by: and the annual financial support of: hello, i m john lithgow. welcome to american cinema. what do the directors of star wars and goodfellas have in common? they both went to film school. yet when the filmmakers of this generation graduated they had no plans to work for the studios. in fact, if hollywood was on their minds at all, it was as an example of what to do differently. the first feature of a filmmaker from usc named george lucas had a title that read like a license plate, thx 1138. a film with striking imagery, it perplexed studio executives. he later made star wars. the first feature of a filmmaker from nyu named martin scorsese was picked up by an independent who changed its title and put it in local theatres. it didn t last long. he later made goodfellas. steven spielberg, francis ford coppola, brian depalma. though their early work was not mainstream hollywood, their later work
this year, c-span s touring cities across the country exploring american history. first a look at our recent visit to santa barbara, california. earlye 1910 s into the teens, film studios were anybody with a camera. there was a lot of people realizing there is money to be made in this new endeavor. previously films had been shown it nickelodeon s. they had a camera that took a picture of a girl doing a shimmy shake so you paid a nickel and got to watch a movie like this. but it to develop into a real art and we started to get real writers, producers and experienced people to put this together. this is when things were really getting good. we are currently at one of the studiong pieces of the in santa barbara, california. the building behind us is the green room. here is what the actors would come change into costumes and get their makeup on and wait in the main room. the each of private rooms in the midwood weight in the green room to be called to the studio to take their s