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Reel Revolution: The American Founding on Screen

UNO College of Arts and Sciences

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Reel Revolution: The American Founding on Screen
  • Free
  • UNO Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center, 201/205
    6400 South University Drive Road North
    Omaha, Nebraska 68182
  • 4-5:30 PM

This event is part of the “The Cause of All Mankind: A Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.”

This screening will feature clips from popular depictions of the American Revolution in culture, including the musicals Hamilton and 1776, as well as the HBO miniseries John Adams. The clips will be interspersed with panel commentary between Historian Dr. Susan Brynne Long and Film Studies Director Dr. John Lyden, Professor of Religious Studies, who edits the Journal of Religion and Film.