Choose one of the following films for Film Review #2 (all films available on Ale

Choose one of the following films for Film Review #2 (all films available on Alexander Street):
The Woman’s Film (Third World Newsreel, 1971)
Who Killed Vincent Chin? (Filmmakers Library, 1990)
Coal Wars: The Battle in Rum Creek (Filmmakers Library, 1993)
The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers’ Struggle (Cinema Guild, 1996)
A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom (California Newsreel, 1996)
Harry S. Truman: Days of Decision (A & E, 1996)
Apollo 13 (A&E, 2000)
Cold War and Beyond (Landmark Media, 2004; choose one of the 4 episodes in this series)
America in the 20th Century Episode 78: World War II (Media Rich Learning, 2004)
Sir! No Sir! (Bullfrog Films, 2005)
Eyes on the Prize, PBS 2006; choose one of the 8 episodes in this series)
Way of the Warrior (Vision Maker Media, 2006)
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (PBS, 2007)
Death in Memphis: The Mysterious Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Film Ideas, 2010)
Iranian Odyssey (SW Pictures, 2010)
Murder in New York: Malcolm X and the Birth of Afro-Americanism (Film Ideas, 2010)
Freedom Archives: COINTELPRO 101 (MVD Entertainment Group, 2011)
Stonewall Uprising, Parts 1-2 (WGBH Educational Foundation, 2011)
Harvest of Empire: The Untold Story of Latinos in America (Third World Newsreel, 2012)
Ann Braden: Southern Patriot (California Newsreel, 2012)
Risking it All (BBC, 2013)
Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy that Shaped a Nation, Episodes 3, 4, 5, or 6 (PBS 2013)
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross, Episode 5 or 6 (PBS 2013)
JFK (PBS, 2013)
1964 (PBS, 2014)
She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry (Cinema Guild, 2014)
Dick Cavett’s Watergate (PBS, 2014)
Losing Iraq (PBS 2014)
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (PBS 2015)
Goldwater/Reagan: The Conservatives (PBS, 2016)
Ken Burns’ Vietnam (PBS, 2017) (choose one of the 10 episodes in this series)
Cocaine, Cartels, and Crackdowns (A&E 2017)
Divided States of America Parts 1-2 (PBS 2017)
George W. Bush Parts 1 and 2 (PBS, 2020)
review should answer the following question: Is
this film a useful educational resource for college students learning about the history of the
United States during the period it covers? Why or why not? In your answer, critically analyze the
film’s interpretation of events (does it represent its subject in a fair and accurate way?) as well as
its aesthetic qualities (is watching it an enjoyable experience?). You do not need to provide
citations or a Works Cited page, but do include the full name of the film, the director, the
production company, and the year of release. Your review should summarize the main topics of
the film and provide evidence from the most relevant scenes to support your thesis about whether
or not the film is a useful educational resource.
Each film review should be at least 1,000 words (4-5 pages), written in Microsoft Word in 12-
point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, with a header in the upper lefthand corner of the
first page listing your first and last name, instructor’s name, the course number, date, and the title
of the assignment.