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The Historical Record and the American Imaginary: Adapting History in Selma

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Selma (dir. Ava DuVernay, 2014) is a historical film that has raised a number of criticisms on account of its narrative of the civil rights movement. Ava DuVernay has enhanced the agency of Martin Luther King as a leader who resisted President Lyndon B. Johnson and organized collective action in Selma. She has revised the conventions of the biopic as a slice-of-life narrative focusing on place rather than on an individual, pointing out the legacy of the past over the present through visuals that refer to slavery.
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hal-02133054 , version 1 (17-05-2019)

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Delphine Letort. The Historical Record and the American Imaginary: Adapting History in Selma. Black camera‎ : the newsletter of the Black Film Center/Archives, 2019, 10 (2), pp.195-210. ⟨10.2979/blackcamera.10.2.15⟩. ⟨hal-02133054⟩
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