Hollywood's American History Fall 1997
A Weekly Film Series presented by
Phi Alpha Theta History Club and Honor Society
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
September
9 D. W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation"--Reconstruction and the KKK
16 "Union Pacific"--Linking the Transcontinental Railroad, 1869
23 "Far and Away"--Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman as late 19th century Irish
Immigrants
30 "The Molly Maguires"--Sean Connery as Irish Pennsylvania coal mine
sabbateour
October
7 "Matewan"--1920s West Virginia coal miners struggle to unionize
14 "Whiskey Rebels"--National Parks Service Film Premiere
28 "The Grapes of Wrath"--Henry Fonda in John Ford's version of
Steinbeck's novel
November
4 "Tora! Tora! Tora!"--December 7, 1941--The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
11 "The Atomic Cafe"--A darkly comedic look at the culture of the early
Cold War
18 "Mississippi Burning"--FBI agents solve murder cases of 3 Civil Rights
workers
December
2 "Roger and Me"--A comedic and depressing documentary of post-industrial
U.S. decline
All Films on Tuesdays, at 7:00 pm
in Blackington Hall, Room 131
(The new building between Krebs and Biddle Halls)
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