"Hollywood's American History"
 UPJ's 6th Annual FREE History Film Festival
Autumn 2001 Schedule

Hosted by
  Dr. Daniel Santoro, Associate Professor of Sociology
Dr. Paul Douglas Newman, Assistant Professor of History

All Films Screened in Blackington Hall on Tuesdays at 7 pm

The American Revolution In celebration of the 225th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

September 18:  1776
William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, and Ken Howard sing their way through the struggle toward Independence.

September 25: Drums Along the Mohawk
Jimmy Stewart stars in John Ford's tale of a backcountry settler's road to Revolution.

October 2: The Patriot
Mel Gibson wins the American Revolution single-handedly in "Braveheart: American Style."

October 9: Revolution!
Al Pacino portrays the common man, swept into a war by circumstances beyond his control.

October 16: Mary Silliman's War
An arthouse gem about a New England woman's trials and travails in the civil war that swept the Connecticut countryside.

Richard Nixon's America Movies from and about the Nixon era...just because we want to!

October 23: Nixon
Oliver Stone's biography of a tragic political life.

October 30: Easy Rider
Dennis Hopper in one hip flick!

November 6: The Deer Hunter
Robert DeNiro as a Pennsylvania Steel town boy scarred by the Vietnam War.

November 13: All the President's Men
Al Pacino and Robert Redford drag down old Dick.

November 20: Dick
A completely irreverent comedic look at the early seventies and Dick's fall from grace.

Each Film Introduced With a Brief Historical Discussion by Profs Newman & Santoro
No Advance Registration Required--Attend One or All Films--Tell a Friend!

CHECK OUT OUR ON-LINE INTERACTIVE SCHEDULE FOR MORE INFO AT:
http://www.pitt.edu/~pnewman/01movies.html
Email pnewman@pitt.edu santoro@pitt.edu
OR CALL: 269-2987 or 2976