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Journal Article
Slave Photographs in Lincoln
2015
Overview
In interviews, Lincoln screenwriter Tony Kushner said that he experienced a breakthrough during the writing process when he realized that the story of the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment is largely a story about white men who had no personal experience of slavery.1 In light of this realization, and the filmmakers' related choice not to include slaves themselves as a part of the story, the film's use of slave photographs is worth exploring. By depicting young Tad Lincoln and President Lincoln consuming photographs of slaves, the filmmakers use photography to put characters in visual relation to slavery and invite reflection on photography's capacity to fuel the desire to look. Furthermore, the slave photographs erupt into the story at moments when the filmmakers want to emphasize how timely political calculation needs to be balanced with moral imperative.
Publisher
Michigan State University Press
