Film, Video Selma, the Voting Rights Act & Reel History
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- Title
- Selma, the Voting Rights Act & Reel History
- Summary
- Gary May finds himself among several scholars who think the film Selma is seriously flawed. He explores the significance and continuing importance of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, includes a critique of how the stories behind the Act are framed in the Hollywood lens and raises questions as to what such re-presentations mean for teaching and learning about history.
- Event Date
- July 07, 2015
- Related Resources
- American Folklife Center: https://www.loc.gov/folklife/
- Civil Rights History Project: https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-rights-history-project/about-this-collection/
- Many Paths to Freedom: Looking Back, Looking Ahead at the Long Civil Rights Movement: https://www.loc.gov/folklife/civilrights/events/
- Running Time
- 1 hours 15 minutes 34 seconds
- Online Format
- video
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Selma, the Voting Rights Act & Reel History. 2015. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-6850/.
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(2015) Selma, the Voting Rights Act & Reel History. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-6850/.
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Selma, the Voting Rights Act & Reel History. 2015. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/webcast-6850/>.
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