Historical Films and Political Context
| Description: Historical Films and Political Context | |
| Number of Questions: 15 | |
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| Tags: historical films political context cinema and politics |
Which historical film, released in 1972, depicts the rise and fall of Benito Mussolini and the National Fascist Party in Italy?
In the 1984 film '1984', directed by Michael Radford, what is the name of the totalitarian superstate that Winston Smith lives in?
Which 1993 historical drama film, directed by Steven Spielberg, depicts the events leading up to the Holocaust during World War II?
In the 2008 film 'Milk', directed by Gus Van Sant, who plays the role of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in California?
Which 2012 historical drama film, directed by Steven Spielberg, depicts the life of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States?
In the 2014 film 'Selma', directed by Ava DuVernay, who plays the role of Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the American Civil Rights Movement?
Which 2017 historical drama film, directed by Joe Wright, depicts the life of Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II?
In the 2019 film 'Harriet', directed by Kasi Lemmons, who plays the role of Harriet Tubman, the African-American abolitionist and political activist?
Which 2020 historical drama film, directed by Spike Lee, depicts the life of Malcolm X, the African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist?
In the 2021 film 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday', directed by Lee Daniels, who plays the role of Billie Holiday, the African-American jazz singer and civil rights activist?
Which 2022 historical drama film, directed by Chinonye Chukwu, depicts the life of Emmett Till, the African-American teenager who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955?
In the upcoming 2023 film ' Oppenheimer', directed by Christopher Nolan, who plays the role of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who is known as the 'father of the atomic bomb'?
Which historical drama film, released in 2023, depicts the life of Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the American Civil Rights Movement?
In the 2024 film 'The Woman King', directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, who plays the role of Nanisca, the general of the Agojie, the all-female military unit of the Kingdom of Dahomey?
Which upcoming historical drama film, directed by Barry Jenkins, depicts the life of Frederick Douglass, the African-American abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman?