{"id":997985,"date":"2023-02-19T06:07:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T06:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/?p=272683"},"modified":"2023-02-19T06:07:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T06:07:29","slug":"emancipation-hollywoods-best-civil-war-movie-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/02\/19\/emancipation-hollywoods-best-civil-war-movie-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Emancipation, Hollywood\u2019s Best Civil War Movie Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Still, from Emancipation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Emancipating Film History<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Civil War is among Hollywood\u2019s favorite, most frequently filmed wars, and since the silent era numerous popular motion pictures have dramatized \u201cthe war between the states.\u201d This oeuvre includes notable productions such as: D.W. Griffith\u2019s 1915 epic The Birth of a Nation<\/em>; Oscar-winner Victor Fleming\u2019s 1939 Gone with the Wind<\/em>, based on Margaret Mitchell\u2019s bestseller; John Huston\u2019s 1951 adaptation of Stephen Crane\u2019s novel The Red Badge of Courage<\/em>; 1989\u2019s Glory<\/em>; as well as Ken Burns\u2019 epochal 9-episode nonfiction TV series The Civil War<\/em>, which won two Emmy Awards. Now add to this list what is arguably Tinseltown\u2019s best Civil War movie ever: Antoine Fuqua\u2019s Emancipation<\/em>, starring Will Smith and Ben Foster. \t\t<\/p>\n

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Still, from Emancipation.<\/p>\n

Emancipating Film History
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