How Is Amelia Earheart Historically Accurate
Amelia (2009) The movie, Amelia, is historically accurate in depicting what the life of Amelia Earheart, a woman who represented change in traditional female roles through the Roaring Twenties and early thirties, would have been like. The movie elaborated on the many inventions that were new or more popular at the time such as the radio, airplane, and the automobile. The movie also had a great visual feel of the late twenties and early thirties through costume design. Another item the movie used to make it historically accurate is the roles in society such as the need for women in their traditional roles, and the fame the women who did not stay within their roles received. Music was accurate within the movie as well with its upbeat sound. Finally, the moral compass of the time in terms of getting rich truly demonstrates the fact that people were willing to do anything for money. This shows that the most important thing to people of the time was to get rich. The life of Amelia in terms of its’ historical truth is also well represented in the film. Each of these categories, technology, fashion, roles in society, music,
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This is where we see black society emerging into the lives of white society in a more positive way. Although segregation was still prominent in the 20’s and 30’s, many of the most famous jazz musicians were black. Throughout the movie jazz is played excessively. In one scene, an African American woman is shown singing at a party, in another scene; Amelia and Putnam are dancing to jazz playing on the radio. The movie shows how the music was played during this time period. It was generally on the radio or played during live performances in small cabarets, dance halls and ballrooms.(10) Throughout the movie music is shown in these ways, giving the audience a feel of what it was like to listen to music and how music would be played during this time
This is where we see black society emerging into the lives of white society in a more positive way. Although segregation was still prominent in the 20’s and 30’s, many of the most famous jazz musicians were black. Throughout the movie jazz is played excessively. In one scene, an African American woman is shown singing at a party, in another scene; Amelia and Putnam are dancing to jazz playing on the radio. The movie shows how the music was played during this time period. It was generally on the radio or played during live performances in small cabarets, dance halls and ballrooms.(10) Throughout the movie music is shown in these ways, giving the audience a feel of what it was like to listen to music and how music would be played during this time