The Movies and America: What the Five Academy Award Nominees for Best Picture Tell Us About Ourselves

Drew Trotter, National Director of Centers for Christian Study, International

Lecture given Tuesday, February 10, 2009


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What can we learn from today's films? Drew Trotter's lecture will examine insights into contemporary American life and culture provided by these nominated movies: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader, and Slumdog Millionaire.


DREW TROTTER, National Director of Centers for Christian Study, International, has lectured in seminaries, churches and colleges on culture and theology for nearly thirty years. He is the author of many articles and reviews and of the forthcoming book Show and Tell: How to View a Movie Responsibly (Baker Academic, 2009).

 

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