Eastern Washington University
The reel truth: the importance of historical accuracy in film
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>The first goal of this project is to build a case that historical accuracy in film is an especially important criteria when teaching using film, and that educators and their students should be able to discuss any historical inaccuracies in a way that does not diminish enjoyment of the film. Aside from students, there should also be an expectation from the general populous that when a film claims to be historically accurate its inaccuracies should not be harmful to the overall conversation. Secondly, this project will attempt to build criteria for critiquing and analyzing a film based on balanced criteria of historical accuracy and enjoyability. And thirdly, I will apply that criteria to some more recent films, thereby judging their usefulness as teaching tools as well as show how certain films “do” better history than others.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts (MA) in History
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- History
- Year
- 2020
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Jenkins, Kyle A.
Subjects
dc:subject × 3Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Access is available to all users
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://dc.ewu.edu/theses/657
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:dc.ewu.edu:theses-1653