|
''Monroe Hill'' is a 2015 documentary film by Eduardo Montes-Bradley made possible through an award from the Jefferson Trust〔The Jefferson Trust, an initiative of the University of Virginia Alumni Association.〕 The film traces the roots, and historical context, of James Monroe’s first home in Albemarle County, and its transformation over a period of three decades until the laying of the cornerstone at the University of Virginia in October 6, 1817. 〔Documentary Illuminates History of Overshadowed Monroe Hill. UVA Today, July 1, 2015 ()〕 Monroe Hill premiered during the 28th edition of the Virginia Film Festival, on November 6, 2015.〔Bragg, Michael: "'Monroe Hill' draws large UVa crowd at film festival” front Page. The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, November 7th, 2015 〕〔Virginia Vilm Festival | 2015 Schedule ()〕 ==Synopsis== Through a number of interviews with experts and academics, Monroe Hill unearths the history of the site that contains the last remaining structures of the late 18th century southern plantation. These surviving structures are silent witnesses to Monroe’s struggle as a farmer and a politician from 1789 through 1817. The film includes the chapter of James Monroe's life as Minister to France and his relationship with Thomas Paine, Tom Wolfe, Adrienne de La Fayette, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. Featuring extensive documentation, interviews, and rare footage from D. W. Griffith’ America and Orphans of the Storm, the film brings to light an unexplored period of the life of James Monroe. The director resorts to the backdrop of Colonial Williamsburg in the late 1910s and early 1920s -as seen in Griffith’s “America”- to recreate the experience of Monroe in Charlottesville at the turn of the 18th century: sequences and isolated scenes from "Orphans of the Storm” will also serve the purpose of illustrating the life of James Monroe from 1794 -shortly after his arrival as Minister Plenipotentiary in 1794- until his return to the United States. 〔(The Papers of James Monroe )〕 Monroe Hill is an investigation of a space stationary in time, an archeologically challenging experience that explores a place as well as the people that helped to transform it; thus, challenging the idea of a mythical birthplace of the University of Virginia. The film also explores other similar properties owned by James Monroe during the last decade of the 18th century, such as Limestone Plantation. Monroe Hill was shot on location at the University of Virginia and various other locations in Paris, Philadelphia, Richmond, Washington, Fredericksburg and New York.〔(Jefferson Trust )〕〔(Official Site )〕 The film was made possible with an award of $85,000 from the Jefferson Trust, an initiative of the Alumni Association of the University of Virginia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monroe Hill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|