Published by Harvill Secker / Vintage, 2018, 304 pages. Native Americans, or Indians, were the first settlers in North America. But when colonizers from Europe came, they not only took away the Native Americans' lands and livelihoods but rewrote their narratives. There There is Tommy Orange’s way of reclaiming the narrative of the Native Americans …
Month: April 2019
Going to the Movies: A Personal Journey Through Four Decades of Modern Film—Syd Field
Published by Bantam Dell, 2001, 336 pages. What makes a movie great? Why are some movies memorable while others disappear into obscurity? The foundation underlying the performances and the directing is the screenplay. A screenplay can make or break a film. Going to the Movies is a combination of memoirs and a lesson on the …
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