History of film

History is just a compilation of several compelling stories of the past put together. I love that I am able to learn intriguing and true stories about places, people, and events that I have never seen physically or experienced personally. History is very interactive and requires creative and attentive thinking to connect why and how occurrences took place the way they did. For instance, I did not fully understand why the Americans revolutionized against the British until I viewed their struggle…

recited this phrase "history is the memory of the states" in a reading called “A People’s History of the United States”. In my own opinion, this is related to the fact of production of historical knowledge and preservation which is an aspect of state power in a similar way to the following sentence that says "winners write history books" where states who have more power determine what story they want the world to know. An example that represents this is the movie "Damiana". This film represents…

History is often perceived as a secret passage; the one that steers us to a world that underlines how success was achieved and how it was destroyed. History not only demonstrates the misfortunes and triumphs of many individuals, but also the repercussions of their decisions. Poor decisions play a significant role in justifying the cause of many foolish events; that should take place. Because these events took place in our history, they can provoke the public to display emotions that correlate to…

The way nations remember their past is extremely important for their future. Certainly there are a lot of different ways a society can remember crucial moments of its history. One of the most efficient and realistic is photography and film. With its emergence in the 19th century photography played a significant role during national conflicts in different countries and World War II. The way a picture can capture a moment cannot be underestimated, as it is one of the most realistic and reliable…

Fiftieth Gate and Europa Europa There cannot be an absolute truth in the understanding of the event of the Holocaust as both history and memory are merely partial representations of the event. In the bricolage, Fiftieth Gate by Mark Baker and the film Europa Europa (1990) directed by Agnieszka Holland based on the autobiography of Solomon Perel, the representation of history and memory seeks not to find an absolute truth but to provide a deeper understanding of the past through the interplay of…

History hasn’t always been a struggle for historians, but with new scholars in the field every day, new issues come up. Now the problem of narrativization, moralization and what the hegemonic narrative in a story is are big concerns among historians and historiographers, no matter what the topic is. Many scholars have tried to solve these issues and alternatives were proposed with side by side histories for example. Although the principal way of representing the past today still is the…

traversed centuries and borders. Daniel Vigne told this story with the modern film “The Return of Martin Guerre.” This film has received attention from historical scholars mainly because a well-established historian, Natalie Zamon Davis, was a consultant in the development of this film. Davis also generated her own academic history of the same story after her experience as a consultant. She claimed that after the film gave little consideration to historical facts that she supplied, she felt…

fame he acquired. Will Rogers is also buried at the memorial along with his wife and three of his four children. If I was an Oklahoma History teacher in a secondary school, I would use this site as a field trip. This site would be beneficial while lecturing over a number of things, for example; famous Oklahomans, the pride of the Natives, or even old Broadway films. Will Rogers accomplished many occupations in his lifetime, and each one is considered special since he was from Oklahoma. People…

why the popular memory should be disregarded as history, as it is just as valuable as the scholarly history itself, it just needs to be analyzed for different purposed. Historical events viewed in a scholarly way are widely more accepted by academia, where memory is seen as separate from history. “Memory is not history” an article in The Economist proposes. It states that “memory is by its nature subjective and selective. It cannot substitute for history” (The Economist), which is a view that is…

Gold Coast and Hinterland Historical Society work tirelessly to preserve local history. However, senior volunteers warn Gold Coast history is under threat of disappearing, advising it may never be recovered if this occurs. Former Historical Society President and fourth-generation Gold Coaster Bob Nancarrow believes ignorance poses the greatest danger, explaining many residents are unaware the Gold Coast even has a history. “When I say my family’s been here since 1880, they take about five…