Footage From The History Film Forum

In The News

• April 3, 2017 – National Trust for Historic Preservation: Getting to Truth at The Smithsonian’s History Film Forum
• March 27, 2017 – FANgirl Blog: Telling Underrepresented Stories with NBC’s Timeless
• March 21, 2017 – National Trust for Historic Preservation: Timeless’ Finds Historical Truths via Time Travel
• March 15, 2017 – Smithsonian Magazine: Five Things You Didn’t Realize Were Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities
• March 10, 2017 – The Washington Post: Timeless’ cast makes Trump digs and talks historical accuracy
• March 9, 2017 – Capitol File Magazine: Abigail Spencer Talks About Her Show ‘Timeless’ Ahead of the Smithsonian’s History Film Forum.
• March 9, 2017 –  Smithsonian Magazine: History Film Forum Hashes Out Truth and Myth in Hollywood
• March 9, 2017 – The Washington Post: Moonlight’ comes back to theaters; the History Film Forum comes to the American History Museum; and the “seventh art” comes to the Alliance Francaise
• March 9, 2017 – Fairfield University News: Yohuru Williams Featured in ‘An Outrage,’ History of Lynching Doc at Smithsonian.
• February 13, 2017 – IndieWire: ‘Timeless’ Brings Lincoln Panel to Smithsonian and NEH’s History Film Forum
• On November 22, 2015 – C-SPAN: The Birth of a Nation at 100 Live Stream
• November 19, 2015 – The Washington Post Going Out Guide: 11 things to do in the D.C. area on the weekend of November 19-22
• November 19, 2015 – Washingtonian Magazine: Things to do in DC this weekend November 19-22
• November 19, 2016 – Brightest Young Things: Best weekend bets
• November 17, 2015 – O Say Can You See? National Museum of American History: “Cast as white by default”: Exploring the lack of diversity in movies
• November 9, 2015 – Process: A Blog for American History, Organization of American Historians: Reel History: Smithsonian/NEH History Film Forum Explores History on the Screen
• November 5, 2015 – Virginia Foundation for the Humanities: VFH’s BackStory To Host a Live Show on the 100-Year Legacy of The Birth of a Nation, as Part of the Smithsonian and National Endowment for the Humanities’ Inaugural Film Forum
• October 15, 2015 – Smithsonian Magazine: Gary Powers Kept a Secret Diary With Him After He Was Captured by the Soviets

Stories From the American History Museum:

• From the set of Glory to the Smithsonian collections
• Part I: My experience on the set of the movie Gettysburg
• Part II: My experience on the set of the movie Gettysburg
• Collecting the stories of September 11, a filmmaker’s perspective
• Casting Scarlett: Reflecting on Gone with the Wind
• “Cast as white by default:” Exploring the lack of diversity in movies

Stories from Smithsonian.com

• How Gone With the Wind Took the Nation by Storm
• The True Story of the Monuments Men
• New York Times’ 1853 Coverage of Solomon Northup, the Hero of 12 Years A Slave
• The Blockbuster World War I Film That Brought Home the Traumatic Impact of War
• An Early Script of The Wizard of Oz Offers a Rare Glimpse Into the Iconic Film