For the first time in nearly a century, The Atlantic magazine will publish a new play: The Ghost of Slavery by Anna Deavere Smith will debut across 32 pages of the publication’s December issue.
The play, the centerpiece of a Reconstruction-themed issue, was posted on the Atlantic’s website today.
The Ghost of Slavery is set in Baltimore and Annapolis in the 1860s and the present, and, according to a description provided by the magazine, explores the power of historical trauma to persist for generations. The magazine describes the play as “a searing drama of great emotional and historical complexity set in two time periods, the effect of which is not just to bring history vividly (and at times painfully) to life, or to make plain the injustices meted out to Black Americans across centuries, but to make readers and audiences see anew the connections between past and present.”
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The play, the centerpiece of a Reconstruction-themed issue, was posted on the Atlantic’s website today.
The Ghost of Slavery is set in Baltimore and Annapolis in the 1860s and the present, and, according to a description provided by the magazine, explores the power of historical trauma to persist for generations. The magazine describes the play as “a searing drama of great emotional and historical complexity set in two time periods, the effect of which is not just to bring history vividly (and at times painfully) to life, or to make plain the injustices meted out to Black Americans across centuries, but to make readers and audiences see anew the connections between past and present.”
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- 11/13/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The cinematic adaptation of The 1619 Project, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times essay series that accelerated the vociferous debate over Critical Race Theory, makes its debut on Hulu tonight. If history is a guide – and that’s what the whole series is about – the documentary series will prove as polarizing as the original version.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones, the architect of the Times’ project, serves as the guiding presence in the series, which aims at nothing less than reframing “the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of the United States’ national narrative,...
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Nikole Hannah-Jones, the architect of the Times’ project, serves as the guiding presence in the series, which aims at nothing less than reframing “the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of the United States’ national narrative,...
- 1/26/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Greenwich Entertainment announced Thursday it has acquired North American distribution rights to The Big Scary “S” Word, a feature documentary that “explores the rich history of the American socialist movement.”
The company plans a theatrical release on Friday, September 3—Labor Day Weekend—an auspicious date given the holiday’s historical ties to workers’ rights. The documentary marks the feature directorial debut of Yael Bridge, whose credits include producing the Emmy-nominated Saving Capitalism (2017).
“I feel so lucky to team up with Greenwich Entertainment with their incredible track record of bringing powerful films to the public,” Bridge remarked. “The timing of this release couldn’t be better, as we’re seeing a fundamental realignment in political thinking about the role of government and the need to work collectively, not just in order to thrive but literally to survive.”
Democratic socialism as a political philosophy has gained traction in the U.S.
The company plans a theatrical release on Friday, September 3—Labor Day Weekend—an auspicious date given the holiday’s historical ties to workers’ rights. The documentary marks the feature directorial debut of Yael Bridge, whose credits include producing the Emmy-nominated Saving Capitalism (2017).
“I feel so lucky to team up with Greenwich Entertainment with their incredible track record of bringing powerful films to the public,” Bridge remarked. “The timing of this release couldn’t be better, as we’re seeing a fundamental realignment in political thinking about the role of government and the need to work collectively, not just in order to thrive but literally to survive.”
Democratic socialism as a political philosophy has gained traction in the U.S.
- 3/25/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Chloe Catchpole Published Date Friday, September 30, 2016 - 05:03
The McConaissance rumbles on with Free State Of Jones, a Us Civil War drama that focuses on the compelling yet little-known story of defiantly righteous Mississippi farmer Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey) and his armed revolt against the Confederacy. Opening to bullet strewn horror on a bloodied American battlefield, Free State Of Jones delivers brutal bayonet carnage as Confederate troops are cyclically gunned down whilst being methodically marched into the Union’s firing lines. The relentless butchery is a graphic reminder that over 600,000 people lost their lives in the drawn out battle from 1861 to 1865.
Upon witnessing the death of a young southern farm boy, Knight becomes jaded by gruelling battlefield life and seeks to bring an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government. The impenetrable Jones County swamps offer an unprejudiced haven for army deserter Knight alongside an escaped band of knowledgeable plantation slaves.
The McConaissance rumbles on with Free State Of Jones, a Us Civil War drama that focuses on the compelling yet little-known story of defiantly righteous Mississippi farmer Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey) and his armed revolt against the Confederacy. Opening to bullet strewn horror on a bloodied American battlefield, Free State Of Jones delivers brutal bayonet carnage as Confederate troops are cyclically gunned down whilst being methodically marched into the Union’s firing lines. The relentless butchery is a graphic reminder that over 600,000 people lost their lives in the drawn out battle from 1861 to 1865.
Upon witnessing the death of a young southern farm boy, Knight becomes jaded by gruelling battlefield life and seeks to bring an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government. The impenetrable Jones County swamps offer an unprejudiced haven for army deserter Knight alongside an escaped band of knowledgeable plantation slaves.
- 9/29/2016
- Den of Geek
Wgn America's latest original scripted series is a "Prison Break"- or "The Fugitive"-style thriller with a provocative twist: its protagonists are runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad, circa 1857. In the hourlong, 10-episode series, from co-creators Misha Green and Joe Polaski, an enslaved blacksmith named Noah (Aldis Hodge) organizes a small band of bondspeople and sets in motion a daring escape. Read More: "Can Wgn America's Stellar 'Manhattan' Finally Break Through?" Though escapees were a vanishingly small portion of the overall enslaved population in the antebellum U.S., the issue of "fugitive slaves," as the infamous 1850 law had it, assumed outsized importance in the years preceding the Civil War — and "Underground" is more invested in this mythic history than the nuances of the real one. (For the latter, Eric Foner's "Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad" is a...
- 1/25/2016
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
Steven Spielberg has made an intelligent, sensitive film. But it's more stately stroll than guts'n'glory retelling of the struggle to end Us slavery
Lincoln (2012)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Entertainment grade: B+
History grade: B+
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He is remembered for winning the country's civil war and ending slavery, both in 1865.
Politics
The film opens towards the end of the war, with the slaveholding Confederate south staggering towards defeat. Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis), nearing victory, visits his Union troops. There is little fighting on screen. Most of the action is talky, and takes place in and around the White House and in the House of Representatives. If you liked The West Wing, this may well be up your street: think of Lincoln as the prequel. On the other hand, if your tolerance for the intricacies of American legislative procedure is low, this could be...
Lincoln (2012)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Entertainment grade: B+
History grade: B+
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He is remembered for winning the country's civil war and ending slavery, both in 1865.
Politics
The film opens towards the end of the war, with the slaveholding Confederate south staggering towards defeat. Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis), nearing victory, visits his Union troops. There is little fighting on screen. Most of the action is talky, and takes place in and around the White House and in the House of Representatives. If you liked The West Wing, this may well be up your street: think of Lincoln as the prequel. On the other hand, if your tolerance for the intricacies of American legislative procedure is low, this could be...
- 1/23/2013
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
Yesterday, Eric Foner was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in History for his book “The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery.” Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, is the author of “Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877,” among other books. “The Fiery Trial” focuses on Lincoln and his dealings with the issue of slavery. Speakeasy interviewed Foner via email shortly after his Pulitzer win was announced.
The Wall Street Journal: What will your Pulitzer Prize win mean...
The Wall Street Journal: What will your Pulitzer Prize win mean...
- 4/19/2011
- by Christopher John Farley
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Episode Number: 7023 (February 16, 2011)
Guests: Eric Foner
Segments: Republican Voters Doubt Obama’s American Citizenship, Tip/Wag – Colbuffington Re-Post, Repo Games & Whale Fail, Murdoch He Wrote
Videos: Wednesday, February 16, 2011
I’ve always been a fan of Huffington Post, but have also followed the op-ed pieces criticizing HuffPo’s business model of aggregated AP/Reuters content that is paid for, links to other news source’s content, and original content from bloggers who are not paid. Jason Linkins actually wrote a very good post in defense of the HuffPo business model, and I am very much in agreement that if HuffPo wants to link to my blog, they should link away. I hope that the Huffington Post will continue to be an excellent source of news (even if they didn’t create it), but fear that the AOL merger could change what is so great about HuffPo in the first place. HuffPo...
Guests: Eric Foner
Segments: Republican Voters Doubt Obama’s American Citizenship, Tip/Wag – Colbuffington Re-Post, Repo Games & Whale Fail, Murdoch He Wrote
Videos: Wednesday, February 16, 2011
I’ve always been a fan of Huffington Post, but have also followed the op-ed pieces criticizing HuffPo’s business model of aggregated AP/Reuters content that is paid for, links to other news source’s content, and original content from bloggers who are not paid. Jason Linkins actually wrote a very good post in defense of the HuffPo business model, and I am very much in agreement that if HuffPo wants to link to my blog, they should link away. I hope that the Huffington Post will continue to be an excellent source of news (even if they didn’t create it), but fear that the AOL merger could change what is so great about HuffPo in the first place. HuffPo...
- 2/17/2011
- by DB
- No Fact Zone
Since I'm graduating from graduate school soon (that always looks weird to me), we're fast approaching the day I will need to find a real job and I'm thinking I won't like that since right now at the top of my list of "things I want in a real job" is "nap time" and I don't know of any workplaces that allow that. Even when you're a preschool teacher I think you're supposed to stay awake while the little ankle-biters sleep so you can make sure none of them punch each other or steal your wallet or whatever trouble small children are getting up to these days. At that age most of what I did when I was left unsupervised involved ferreting out inappropriate reading materials and climbing things. Good times. Any suggestions other than winning the lottery? Or becoming a trophy wife? Thanks. Here's your Wednesday night TV:
8:00pm: "American Idol" on Fox.
8:00pm: "American Idol" on Fox.
- 2/16/2011
- by Intern Rusty
Welcome back to the Fantasy League, Zoners!
It has been an eventful, newsy break, what with the excitement about Stephen’s upcoming performance in Company, followed by the big sail from Charleston to Bermuda. When does the man sleep? What surprise will he spring on us next? I’m blown away, so this week I’m going to take a slight detour and ask a fun question: Since this is the Fantasy League, what is your Professional Stephen fantasy? What artistic challenge would you like to see him take on—something theatrical? Musical? Cinematic? Literary?
I’ll give you mine: I want to see Stephen star in a remake of the film A Face in the Crowd, playing the role of Lonesome Rhodes (a terrific Andy Griffith originally, very far from Mayberry). It’s the dark side of Colbert Nation, an image of what could happen if Stephen were to...
It has been an eventful, newsy break, what with the excitement about Stephen’s upcoming performance in Company, followed by the big sail from Charleston to Bermuda. When does the man sleep? What surprise will he spring on us next? I’m blown away, so this week I’m going to take a slight detour and ask a fun question: Since this is the Fantasy League, what is your Professional Stephen fantasy? What artistic challenge would you like to see him take on—something theatrical? Musical? Cinematic? Literary?
I’ll give you mine: I want to see Stephen star in a remake of the film A Face in the Crowd, playing the role of Lonesome Rhodes (a terrific Andy Griffith originally, very far from Mayberry). It’s the dark side of Colbert Nation, an image of what could happen if Stephen were to...
- 2/14/2011
- by Karenatasha
- No Fact Zone
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