Film, television and documentaries provide opportunities to learn about complex and multi-faceted Her stories and His stories. Histories on Screen offers a rich collection of essays that provide tools for understanding visual depictions and analyses of past and present. A wide range of topics are insightfully addressed, including the uses and abuses of propaganda, diverse interpretations of culture, the plague of ahistoricism, and the ways individuals and nations shape and interpret historical memory.

Dale T. Graden, Professor of History, University of Idaho, USA

This is a lively and engaging collection of essays breaking new ground in the way we understand the presentation of history in cinema and television. The focus on the portrayal of different identities and backgrounds brings fascinating insights and perspectives of great value to all who are interested in the way the visual media presents history and a sense of the past.

Mark Connelly, Emeritus Professor of Modern British History, University of Kent, UK

This valuable collection brings together experts in history, memory and visual culture to explore the different ways in which film shapes our sense of the past, and to provide a useful guide to students of history wanting to make use of film as a source. Film and television provide a powerful means through which people encounter and understand the past; their analysis deserves this accessible, lively and scholarly volume.

Lucy Noakes, Rab Butler Professor of Modern History, University of Essex, President, Royal Historical Society, UK

Histories on Screen offers students, historians and film scholars an excellent introduction to the representations of multiple histories on screen. Utilising film theory and historiography, among other approaches, the book demonstrates the myriad ways in which these histories can be interpreted, providing a sophisticated understanding of visual heritage, history and culture.

Simon Topping, Associate Professor of United States History, University of Plymouth, UK