To highlight a week that includes both Martin Luther King Day and Inauguration Day, the Department of Film has chosen ten noteworthy films from the archives that celebrate, criticize, satirize, or otherwise comment upon American-style politics.
Organized by Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator, Department of Film.
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Past
Abraham Lincoln
1930. USA. D. W. Griffith. 97 min.
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939. USA. John Ford. 100 min.
King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis
1970. USA. 180 min.
Primary
1960. USA. Robert Drew. 60 min.
The Great McGinty
1940. USA. Preston Sturges. 82 min.
Nixon
1995. USA. Oliver Stone. 190 min.
Advise & Consent
1962. USA. Otto Preminger. 139 min.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939. USA. Frank Capra. 120 min.
All the King's Men
1950. USA. Robert Rossen. 110 min.