http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/schrum/ctch792sp10/2010/02/09/murder-at-harvard-reviewed/ CTCH792 / HIST615 - Spring 2010, Thur 7:20-10:00 pm Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:34:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/schrum/ctch792sp10/2010/02/09/murder-at-harvard-reviewed/comment-page-1/#comment-120 lparks Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:57:30 +0000 http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/schrum/ctch792sp10/?p=1145#comment-120 I definitely agree with your reactions to Dead Certainties. To me, it was historical fiction and nothing about it could be considered true historical scholarship. I also agree with your point that Murder at Harvard is not a good example of documentary film if it’s interpreted as telling the story of the murder case itself. Schama inserts himself, his bias, and his thought process into the film too much for it to be an objective telling of the story. However, I don’t think that this was the type of documentary he set out to make. I think the argument can be made that he was documenting the writing of the book and the development of his arguments about what happened, rather than the pure history of the case. If you look at it from this perspective, it makes sense for Schama’s opinions to be featured so prominently and his conclusions to take precedence.

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