Ernest Giglio is Professor Emeritus of Politics and American Studies and a Fulbright Scholar. He received his Ph.D. from Syracuse University and during his thirty-year career taught both in the United States and abroad. His signature course on film and politics has been presented to students in England, Finland and Switzerland as well as at the Rhode Island School of Design, Manhattanville College, Lycoming College and for the OLLI Program at Yavapai Community College. He has appeared on PBS, NPR and the BBC.

“I have been teaching film and politics with this textbook since it was in its original pre-publication form. My undergraduate students consistently find it accessible and informative. Ernest Giglio has been responsive to feedback, especially from students. With this edition, he continues his commitment to be current with developments in the field and interests of students and instructors. The fourth edition will be on my syllabus for my next politics and film course.”—John W. Williams, Professor of Political Science, Principia College

• List of Illustrations – List of Tables – Preface – Acknowledgments –Prologue. President Obama Returns to the White House – Film and Politics: The Hollywood-Washington Connection – In Search of the Political Film – Nonfiction Film: Picturing Reality? – Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang: Hollywood, Sex and Violence – HUAC and the Blacklist: The Red Scare Comes To Hollywood – Real to Reel Politicians: Idealists, Saviors and Scoundrels – Picturing Justice: The Law and Lawyers in Hollywood Films – Hollywood Goes To War: From the Great War to the Good War to the Forgotten War – Remembering Vietnam on Film: Lessons Learned and Forgotten – Mission Accomplished? Hollywood and the Afghanistan-Iraq War Films – Hollywood Confronts Nuclear War and Global Terrorism – Hollywood, Race and Obama: Feel-Good Racism –Hollywood and Women: Cracks in the Celluloid Ceiling – Epilogue: Is There a Future for Political Films in Hollywood? – Notes – Selected Bibliography – Selected Filmography – Index.

Ernest Giglio is Professor Emeritus of Politics and American Studies and a Fulbright Scholar. He received his Ph.D. from Syracuse University and during his thirty-year career taught both in the United States and abroad. His signature course on film and politics has been presented to students in England, Finland and Switzerland as well as at the Rhode Island School of Design, Manhattanville College, Lycoming College and for the OLLI Program at Yavapai Community College. He has appeared on PBS, NPR and the BBC.

“I have been teaching film and politics with this textbook since it was in its original pre-publication form. My undergraduate students consistently find it accessible and informative. Ernest Giglio has been responsive to feedback, especially from students. With this edition, he continues his commitment to be current with developments in the field and interests of students and instructors. The fourth edition will be on my syllabus for my next politics and film course.”—John W. Williams, Professor of Political Science, Principia College

• List of Illustrations – List of Tables – Preface – Acknowledgments –Prologue. President Obama Returns to the White House – Film and Politics: The Hollywood-Washington Connection – In Search of the Political Film – Nonfiction Film: Picturing Reality? – Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang: Hollywood, Sex and Violence – HUAC and the Blacklist: The Red Scare Comes To Hollywood – Real to Reel Politicians: Idealists, Saviors and Scoundrels – Picturing Justice: The Law and Lawyers in Hollywood Films – Hollywood Goes To War: From the Great War to the Good War to the Forgotten War – Remembering Vietnam on Film: Lessons Learned and Forgotten – Mission Accomplished? Hollywood and the Afghanistan-Iraq War Films – Hollywood Confronts Nuclear War and Global Terrorism – Hollywood, Race and Obama: Feel-Good Racism –Hollywood and Women: Cracks in the Celluloid Ceiling – Epilogue: Is There a Future for Political Films in Hollywood? – Notes – Selected Bibliography – Selected Filmography – Index.

Ernest Giglio is Professor Emeritus of Politics and American Studies and a Fulbright Scholar. He received his Ph.D. from Syracuse University and during his thirty-year career taught both in the United States and abroad. His signature course on film and politics has been presented to students in England, Finland and Switzerland as well as at the Rhode Island School of Design, Manhattanville College, Lycoming College and for the OLLI Program at Yavapai Community College. He has appeared on PBS, NPR and the BBC.

“I have been teaching film and politics with this textbook since it was in its original pre-publication form. My undergraduate students consistently find it accessible and informative. Ernest Giglio has been responsive to feedback, especially from students. With this edition, he continues his commitment to be current with developments in the field and interests of students and instructors. The fourth edition will be on my syllabus for my next politics and film course.”—John W. Williams, Professor of Political Science, Principia College

• List of Illustrations – List of Tables – Preface – Acknowledgments –Prologue. President Obama Returns to the White House – Film and Politics: The Hollywood-Washington Connection – In Search of the Political Film – Nonfiction Film: Picturing Reality? – Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang: Hollywood, Sex and Violence – HUAC and the Blacklist: The Red Scare Comes To Hollywood – Real to Reel Politicians: Idealists, Saviors and Scoundrels – Picturing Justice: The Law and Lawyers in Hollywood Films – Hollywood Goes To War: From the Great War to the Good War to the Forgotten War – Remembering Vietnam on Film: Lessons Learned and Forgotten – Mission Accomplished? Hollywood and the Afghanistan-Iraq War Films – Hollywood Confronts Nuclear War and Global Terrorism – Hollywood, Race and Obama: Feel-Good Racism –Hollywood and Women: Cracks in the Celluloid Ceiling – Epilogue: Is There a Future for Political Films in Hollywood? – Notes – Selected Bibliography – Selected Filmography – Index.