History of Genocide in Cinema Atrocities on Screen
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Jonathan Friedman is Professor of History and Director of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at West Chester University and the author of The Routledge History of the Holocaust (2011). William Hewitt is Professor Emeritus of History at West Chester University and the author of Defining the Horrific: Readings on Genocide and the Holocaust in the Twentieth Century (2003). William Hewitt is Professor Emeritus of History at West Chester University and the author of Defining the Horrific: Readings on Genocide and the Holocaust in the Twentieth Century (2003).'The History of Genocide in Film is powerful, painful and poignant - the rest is commentary. In eighteen thoughtful essays this book offers both a concise and clear general history of multiple genocides and the attempts to portray them in film. It grapples with major issues associated with these films including the difficulty and necessity of representation and the tension between a fidelity to history and an appeal to a popular audience. It has added many - perhaps too many -- films to my "must see" list. The reader will come away with a sense of "deja vu, all over again" as patterns of genocide and their presentation in film emerge and one recalls not only the violence and the indifference of the past but the anguish of our day as sadly genocide is not confined to the history and the cinematographer's task continues, perhaps these films will serve as a warning, more likely they will not but the mission to bear witness has only become more urgent in our time.' - Michael Berenbaum