Date of Award
Fall 2020
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Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA) in History
Department
History
Abstract
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.
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Recommended Citation
Jenkins, Kyle A., "The reel truth: the importance of historical accuracy in film" (2020). EWU Masters Thesis Collection. 657.
https://dc.ewu.edu/theses/657
