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

Running Time

  • 1 hours 15 minutes 34 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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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/>.