On Feb. 19 and 20, the NCSU History Department is hosting Marcus Rediker, the leading US historian on slave and pirate ships. His talk, "Against Hollywood: Putting Historical Pirates into Film," is about how to turn a serious scholarly work into a commercially successful screenplay while retaining historical accuracy.
Information is available at http://history.chass.ncsu.edu/historyweekend
Friday
7:30 PM Film and Discussion: Captain Blood
In his first leading role, Errol Flynn shot to stardom in this swashbuckling adventure about doctor Peter Blood (Flynn), who treats the wrong patient and is forced to work as a slave on Col. Bishop's (Lionel Atwill) Jamaican plantation. Blood joins up with marauding Spanish pirates, saves Bishop's gorgeous niece (Olivia de Havilland) from a French pirate (Basil Rathbone) and is eventually made governor of Jamaica.
Following the film, Professor Rediker and Professor Maria Pramaggiore, of the Film Studies Program, NCSU Department of English, will lead a discussion.
Saturday
9:30 AM Coffee and Bagels
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Opening remarks from Mark Wilde-Ramsing
Dr. Wilde-Ramsing will talk about Blackbeard and the Queen Anne’s Revenge Project
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Against Hollywood: How to Put Real Pirates in Film: Featured Speaker Marcus Rediker*, Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh.
A prize-winning historian, best known for his work on pirates and on slave ships, Rediker will talk about the process of turning his serious scholarly book on pirates into a historically accurate AND commercially attractive screenplay.
*After the lecture, Marcus Rediker will be available for book signing
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