{"product_id":"the-south-never-plays-itself-a-film-buffs-journey-through-the-south-on-screen-hardcover","title":"The South Never Plays Itself: A Film Buff's Journey Through the South on Screen - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBen Beard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e became the first Hollywood blockbuster in 1915, movies have struggled to reckon with the American South--as both a place and an idea, a reality and a romance, a lived experience and a bitter legacy. Nearly every major American filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter has worked on a film about the South, from \u003ci\u003eGone with the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003e12 Years a Slave\u003c\/i\u003e, from\u003ci\u003e Deliverance\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eForrest Gump\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eThe South Never Plays Itself\u003c\/i\u003e, author and film critic B. W. Beard explores the history of the Deep South on screen, beginning with silent cinema and ending in the streaming era, from President Wilson to President Trump, from musical to comedy to horror to crime to melodrama. Beard's idiosyncratic narrative--part cultural history, part film criticism, part memoir--journeys through genres and eras, issues and regions, smash blockbusters and microbudget indies to explore America's past and troubled present, seen through Hollywood's distorting lens. Opinionated, obsessive, sweeping, often combative, sometimes funny--a wild narrative tumble into culture both high and low--Beard attempts to answer the haunting question: what do movies know about the South that we don't?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBEN BEARD is a writer and librarian. He is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eThis Day in Civil Rights History\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003eMuhammad Ali: The Greatest \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e King Midas in Reverse\u003c\/i\u003e. In the 2000s, Beard reviewed movies and wrote features for \u003ci\u003eInSite Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKing Kudzu\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFilmmonthly.com\u003c\/i\u003e, where he also worked as an editor. Beard, a native of Georgia who spent his formative years in the Florida Panhandle and Alabama, currently lives in Chicago with his wife and three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760058368288,"sku":"9781588384010","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/01808f613f4c82a756caf549b5426c6f.webp?v=1780170314","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-south-never-plays-itself-a-film-buffs-journey-through-the-south-on-screen-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}