Slaves on Screen
Book description
The written word and what the eye can see are brought together in this fascinating foray into the depiction of resistance to slavery through the modern medium of film. Davis, whose book The Return of Martin Guerre was written while she served as consultant to the French film of the…
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Natalie Davis is a renowned historian and with Slaves on Screen she makes a meaningful contribution to history on film scholarship. As Davis explains in the preface, she has a connection to film, having wanted to work in documentary before being drawn to academia. She also took on the role of historical consultant for the film The Return of Martin Guerre. From the outset you can see that she approaches history on film with a deep appreciation of the medium, acknowledging both its strengths and weaknesses. The book doesn’t sugar-coat some of the shortfalls of the films under discussion,…
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