The segregated gun as an indicator of racism and representations in film by Julie M. Aultman, Elizabeth Piatt, Jason Piatt

“…The symbolic meaning of guns in the hands of Blacks as violent, exceptional or some other stereotypical character trope is illustrated using three selected films including: Django Unchained, John Q., and Proud Mary. …”
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Lancastrians, Tudors, and World War II: British and German Historical Films as Propaganda, 1933–1945 by William B. Robison

“…Crispin’s Day speech with its “We few, we proud, we band of brothers”. This essay examines the aesthetic appeal, the historical accuracy, and the presentist propaganda in such films.…”
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