Birth Of A Nation: Propaganda Film

Film influenced World War Two in numerous ways both positive and negative. Film helped America stay positive, inspired, and created a strong national moral. While, propaganda film convinced the majority of Germans that Jews caused all of society's problems. People can be inspired in various ways but during World War Two film contributed the majority of America’s inspiration and moral. Hollywood’s greatest contribution to the war efforts was moral. Movies during the war often had an underlying message that supported the idea that America was one strong nation and that every single person mattered. This created a great sense of nationalism. Theaters were also a very popular pastime for citizens as they took their mind off of the war for some
While “The Birth of A Nation” did employ great film tactics it did in fact harm American society. So some film has hurt society’s races another movie helped break down that wall. “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?” most definitely had an impact on society; more specifically the American society. During the filming of the movie, 17 states had a law against interracial marriage. And these laws were what the film was trying to convince the public to disagree with. The movie depicts two lovers of different races who eventually, after many trials, end up together by the end of the movie.
“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner without a doubt was groundbreaking for its time, through its portrayal of the relationship shared between a white woman and a black man. What the film captured was the social codes that existed around race and relationship and the tension that existed for both blacks and whites. The movie plays out through the filmmaker’s perspective, which advocates for race equality. The movie attempts to transition away from a relationship between two racially different people to one that simply exists between a man and woman.” "Analysis." Guess Who's Coming To Dinner. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr.