Film Selections: You may find films in the FSU Library, Used Books Stores, Fayetteville Public Library, Cable offerings, Netflix, OR Online and You Tube.
A Dry White Season (1989) Amistad (1997), A United Kingdom (2016), Bang Bang Club (2010) Beyond the Gates ( 2005Rwanda Genocide) Black Hawk Down (2001), Blood Diamond (2006), Constant Gardner (2005), , Cry Freedom, Cry the Beloved Country (1995), The First Grader (2010), Freetown (2014), From a Whisper (2009–Terrorist bombing of the US Embassy in Kenya), Hotel Rwanda (2004Rwanda Genocide), In My Country (2004), Invictus (2009), Out of Africa (1985), Red Dust (2004), The English Patient, The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), Running Wild (1998)The Last King of Scotland (2006), Machine Gun Preacher (2011), Mountains of the Moon (1990), Sahara (2005), Sarafina (1992), Skin (2008), Tall as a Baobab Tree (2013), Tarzan the Legend of Greystoke (1984), Tears of the Sun (2003), Timbuktu (2015), Tsotsi (2005), War Dance (2007), War Witch (2012), or Zulu (1964)
PROCEDURE:
Before viewing the film, gather historical information about the topic. For example, if you choose Mountains of Moons about Exploration in Africa, it is not just about the exploits of the explorers like Sir Richard Burton about whom the film was made, but also the source of their funding. Go to the Library, there is a travelers account by Burton. Try to find out as much as you can about Burton’s exploits and the funding of his trips by the Royal Geographic Society. BIBLIOGRAPHY MUST INCLUDE THREE HISTORICAL SOURCES. Take notes so that you have a clear picture of the events in your mind.
What is the Historical Context of the film? Assess the historical foundation. Gather historical information about the topic. Begin with your textbook by reading only the pages dealing with the topic. Choose books in the library by historians on the topic–may include biographies, autobiographies. Using THREE Historical Sources TEXTBOOK DOES NOT COUNT AS HISTORICAL SOURCE FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT gather the historical perspective about your topic. TAKE NOTES CREATE A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES THREE HISTORICAL AND ONE FILM REVIEW.
I expect you to use SPECIFIC INFORMATION FROM YOUR HISTORICAL SOURCES AND CITE YOUR SOURCES (CITATIONSChoose whatever writing style used by your major Chicago Style, MLA, etc.) direct quotations and/or ideas that are newly introduced to you
WHEN WRITING
PARAPHRASE WHAT YOU HAVE READ AND CITE THE SOURCE
IF YOU USE THE WORDS OF SOME ONE ELSE PUT QUOTATION MARKS AROUND THEM AND CITE THE SOURCE
MUST have Citations from Historical Sources OR Lose 15 points
MUST have a Bibliography or lose 20 points
BIBLIOGRAPHIC FORMAT
FORM FOR BOOKS:
Author last name first, Title (underlined or in Italics), publisher, date published
FORM FOR INTERNET SOURCES
Author (if there is one), Title, (in quotes), the URL, AND the Date you accessed it.
Lose 5 points if you use Wikipedia
TURN ASSIGNMENT INTO THE TURNITIN SITE ON THE ASSIGNMENTS PAGE BY MIDNIGHT OF THE DUE DATE.
Look for movie reviews. Sometimes they give you examples of what is accurate and not accurate in the film.
See the film
THE PAPERHow to Write the Paper
INTRODUCTION:
An introduction about YOUR personal interest in the subject. Why did you choose this film? If the answer is because it was the easiest thing to do–that is viable, don’t tell me what you think that I want to hear.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE FILM: What is the Historical Context of the film, the historical background pertinent to the specific film that gives you the basis for critical review of the film? Where did it take place? When did it take place? Who was portrayed? DID THE FILM PORTRAY THIS INFORMATION ACCURATELY?
FIVE ITEMS that are present in BOTH the historical record and portrayed by the film. Discuss them in comparative form. Example, most people rate King George III as mentally unstable because of royal inbreeding while the explanation is similar in film the Madness of King George, the reason given is a chemical imbalance. FOR EACH ITEM IN THE FILM AND IN REAL HISTORY HOW IS THE ITEM PORTRAYED? DID THE FILM PORTRAY THIS INFORMATION ACCURATELY?
GLARING ERRORS: Please note any glaring errors in the presentation of the film from period costumes to omissions of vital facts or other historical gaffs.
A VEHICLE FOR ACCURATE DISSEMINATION OF AFRICAN HISTORY? Give YOUR PERSONAL evaluation of the film Does the film portray the events and society so that someone who had not done the research clearly and accurately understand the period. COULD YOU WATCH THE FILM AND LEARN ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND EVENTS IN THAT THE PERIOD OF TIME AND PLACE?
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