THIS IS US.

Item request has been placed! ×
Item request cannot be made. ×
loading   Processing Request
Read Online Read More Add to Saved list
  • Author(s): CLARK, ASHLEY
  • Source:
    Film Comment. Sep/Oct2017, Vol. 53 Issue 5, p32-36. 5p. 4 Color Photographs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      MOTION pictures; REES, Dee, ca. 1976-; DOCUMENTARY films; ANTISEMITISM; ART
    • Abstract:
      The article reports that American cinema is overburdened with historical narratives told from an African-American perspective and states that screenwriter Dee Rees saw an opportunity to engage with history on a personal level. It mentions that documentary "Strange Victory" uses juddering, collagist editing to contrast military triumphalism with racism and anti-Semitism that dogged postwar period. It states that Rees was concerned with visual art than film, and tonal quality rather than mimicry.