TY - GEN T1 - Trial films on trial : law, justice, and popular culture A2 - Sarat, Austin A2 - Silbey, Jessica A2 - Umphrey, Martha Merrill LA - English PP - Tuscaloosa PB - The University of Alabama Press YR - 2019 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1090240595 AB - A collection of wide-ranging critical essays that examine how the judicial system is represented on screen Historically, the emergence of the trial film genre coincided with the development of motion pictures. In fact, one of the very first feature-length films, Falsely Accused!, released in 1908, was a courtroom drama. Since then, this niche genre has produced such critically acclaimed films as Twelve Angry Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Anatomy of a Murder. The popularity and success of these films can be attributed to the fundamental similarities of filmic narratives and trial proceedings. Both seek to construct a "reality" through storytelling and representation and in so doing persuade the audience or jury to believe what they see. Trial Films on Trial: Law, Justice, and Popular Culture is the first book to focus exclusively on the special significance of trial films for both film and legal studies. The contributors to this volume offer a contemporary approach to the trial film genre. Despite the fact that the medium of film is one of the most pervasive means by which many citizens receive come to know the justice system, these trial films are rarely analyzed and critiqued. The chapters cover a variety of topics, such as how and why film audiences adopt the role of the jury, the narrative and visual conventions employed by directors, and the ways mid-to-late-twentieth-century trial films offered insights into the events of that period. CN - PN1995.9.T75 T75 2019eb SN - 9780817392574 SN - 0817392572 SN - 9780817320263 SN - 0817320261 SN - 9780817359294 SN - 081735929X KW - Trials in motion pictures. KW - Justice, Administration of, in motion pictures. KW - Procès au cinéma. KW - Justice : Administration, au cinéma. KW - PERFORMING ARTS : Reference. KW - Justice, Administration of, in motion pictures KW - Trials in motion pictures KW - Electronic books. ER -