A Southern Movies Bonus: The Films of 1997, 25 Years Later

The Southern Movies series explores images of the South in modern films as well as how those images affect American perspectives on the region. Over more than a century, mainstream movies have offered portrayals of the American South that range from the darkness of 1918’s Birth of a Nation to the fluffiness of 2002’s Sweet Home Alabama. Many Americans who have never visited the South (and know little to nothing about it) take their understanding of our complicated culture not from history books by Shelby Foote or C. Vann Woodward,… Read more A Southern Movies Bonus: The Films of 1997, 25 Years Later →