History on Film/Film on History

Examines what history films convey about the past and how they convey it. This book examines: films made in different political systems and climates; the dramatic feature, the Biofilm, the documentary and the Innovative drama; the filmmaker as historian; and, how a group of works devoted to a single topic can engage the larger discourse.

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Fictional films tell true historical stories

Film and History is a compelling and unique overview of the cinema and its relationship with history, ranging from the ancient world to the modern day.

This is the first book of its kind to offer such a broad historical and theoretical portrayal of the rapidly-growing sub field of history and film.

Rosenstone introduces the varieties, types and traditions of historical films made worldwide and sets this against the changing ways in which historians and other public critics debate the portrayal of history in modern film.