COMM 150 Lecture Notes - Middle Passage, Historical Fiction
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Amistad and the american past pre film lecture. Mediated history is always a construct that consciously shapes a narrative. History in movies and television is usually reduced to personal dramas. The utility of any representations of history are related to their proximity to the actuality of history. They offer the small t or truth rather than the full truth. The hollywood historical film will always include images that are at once invented and yet may still be considered true rosenfield. They wanted the story to be a mirror of the past. They wanted to use washed out colors rather than new fancy looking quality. Refers to transatlantic trade of slaves from africa to the new world as part of the slave triangle. Slaves were brought back on ships, and then traded for other commodities. Europeans gradually became aware of the moral stain of slavery. Artists and poets started to produce works against slavery.
