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1) The Birth of a Nation: The Legacy

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Cinematic landmark? Revisionist history? Racist propaganda? The arrival of a new art form? Or was D.W. Griffith's epic civil war film, Birth of a Nation, all of these? This documentary explores all of these angles to what remains, even to this day, the most controversial and polarizing film ever made in America.

2) First Lady Of The Confederacy: an Intimate Conversation With Varina Howell Davis

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When the Southern states seceded from the Union in 1861 to form their own nation with Jefferson Davis as President, his wife Varina became the second first lady, for the first and only time in American history. It was a position she accepted with dismay and held for almost the same length of time as her Union counterpart, Mary Todd Lincoln. Mrs. Lincoln is well remembered by history, but Mrs. Davis seems to be forgotten. This film tells Mrs. Davis'...

3) Hollywood gangland: the movies' love affair with the mob

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McCarty, John

4) Psychos: eighty years of mad movies, maniacs, and murderous deeds

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McCarty, John

5) Bullets over Hollywood: the American gangster picture from the silents to The Sopranos

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McCarty, John

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"In Bullets over Hollywood, film scholar John McCarty traces the history of mob flicks and reveals why the films are so beloved by Americans. As McCarty demonstrates, the themes, characters, landscapes, stories of the gangster genre have proven resilient enough to be updated, reshaped, and expanded upon to connect with even today's young audiences. Packed with behind-the-scenes anecdotes and information about real-life hoods and their cinematic alter...