Trial Films on Trial

Law, Justice, and Popular Culture

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Film, History & Criticism, Performing Arts
Cover of the book Trial Films on Trial by Carol J. Clover, Barry Langford, Katie Model, Jennifer Petersen, Austin Sarat, Ticien Marie Sassoubre, Jessica Silbey, Norman W. Spaulding, Martha Merrill Umphrey, University of Alabama Press
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Author: Carol J. Clover, Barry Langford, Katie Model, Jennifer Petersen, Austin Sarat, Ticien Marie Sassoubre, Jessica Silbey, Norman W. Spaulding, Martha Merrill Umphrey ISBN: 9780817392574
Publisher: University of Alabama Press Publication: April 2, 2019
Imprint: University Alabama Press Language: English
Author: Carol J. Clover, Barry Langford, Katie Model, Jennifer Petersen, Austin Sarat, Ticien Marie Sassoubre, Jessica Silbey, Norman W. Spaulding, Martha Merrill Umphrey
ISBN: 9780817392574
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Publication: April 2, 2019
Imprint: University Alabama Press
Language: English

A collection of wide-ranging critical essays that examine how the judicial system is represented on screen
 
Historically, the emergence of the trial film genre coincided with the development of motion pictures. In fact, one of the very first feature-length films, Falsely Accused!, released in 1908, was a courtroom drama. Since then, this niche genre has produced such critically acclaimed films as Twelve Angry Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Anatomy of a Murder. The popularity and success of these films can be attributed to the fundamental similarities of filmic narratives and trial proceedings. Both seek to construct a “reality” through storytelling and representation and in so doing persuade the audience or jury to believe what they see.
 
Trial Films on Trial: Law, Justice, and Popular Culture is the first book to focus exclusively on the special significance of trial films for both film and legal studies. The contributors to this volume offer a contemporary approach to the trial film genre. Despite the fact that the medium of film is one of the most pervasive means by which many citizens receive come to know the justice system, these trial films are rarely analyzed and critiqued. The chapters cover a variety of topics, such as how and why film audiences adopt the role of the jury, the narrative and visual conventions employed by directors, and the ways mid-to-late-twentieth-century trial films offered insights into the events of that period.

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A collection of wide-ranging critical essays that examine how the judicial system is represented on screen
 
Historically, the emergence of the trial film genre coincided with the development of motion pictures. In fact, one of the very first feature-length films, Falsely Accused!, released in 1908, was a courtroom drama. Since then, this niche genre has produced such critically acclaimed films as Twelve Angry Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Anatomy of a Murder. The popularity and success of these films can be attributed to the fundamental similarities of filmic narratives and trial proceedings. Both seek to construct a “reality” through storytelling and representation and in so doing persuade the audience or jury to believe what they see.
 
Trial Films on Trial: Law, Justice, and Popular Culture is the first book to focus exclusively on the special significance of trial films for both film and legal studies. The contributors to this volume offer a contemporary approach to the trial film genre. Despite the fact that the medium of film is one of the most pervasive means by which many citizens receive come to know the justice system, these trial films are rarely analyzed and critiqued. The chapters cover a variety of topics, such as how and why film audiences adopt the role of the jury, the narrative and visual conventions employed by directors, and the ways mid-to-late-twentieth-century trial films offered insights into the events of that period.

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