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Draft:Historians at the Movies

  • Comment: Much of this unsourced or the cited sources to do support the content so fails verification. For example, "In addition to bringing historical context to popular film, the weekly online event is a way for audiences of all ages to engage with historians from a variety of backgrounds and experiences." is not supported by the cited source which only states movie buffs and Diamond Phillips. Also be mindful of synthesis. S0091 (talk) 17:14, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment: For now, at least. Many of the sources were written by Herbert or rely on what Herbert states (interviews, etc.) so are primary sources which should only be used very sparingly and carefully. I suggest trimming this significantly and focus largely on summarizing what secondary reliable sources independently state, in their own words, based on their own analysis and research about HATM, not what those affiliated say. Please also be sure claims are sourced to reliable sources. S0091 (talk) 18:24, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment: Fails WP:NORG - blogsites, X (formerly Twitter) and podcasts are not acceptable or reliable sources, for the purposes of establishing notability. Dan arndt (talk) 01:33, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Historians At The Movies (HATM) is a weekly film watch party that uses Twitter to connect historians and the general public. HATM began as a way for historians to have fun with their craft online, but has transformed over time into a form of meaningful public history.[citation needed][according to whom?] In addition to bringing historical context to popular film, the weekly online event is a way for audiences of all ages to engage with historians from a variety of backgrounds and experiences.[1] Since its inception, HATM has moved from strictly digital spaces to physical classrooms, and around the world.[citation needed]

Background and History edit

Historians at the Movies was created in 2018 by historian Jason Herbert, who came up with the idea of a historians' watch party when noticing that National Treasure was available on Netflix and initially envisioned the watch party as a way to relax on a Sunday night in July. Other scholars joined in along with their respective twitter followers. HATM has operated without interruption every Sunday evening since July 15, 2018,[citation needed] providing live commentary and feedback to questions on a variety of films across several streaming platforms.[2][1][3]

For the first two years, HATM solely viewed films available on the Netflix streaming platform though over time watched films available on Amazon Prime and Disney Plus. In one instance, HATM audiences viewed the Reconstruction miniseries available on PBS.[citation needed] Herbert chooses each week's film with a variety of factors in mind: film availability on streaming platforms, how audiences respond to certain films in the past, and onscreen representation of both historical events and people. In a 2019 article for We're History, Herbert explained that one of the difficulties in curating films for this project is the lack of diversity in film and making sure that people of all backgrounds feel welcome and seen in the selections.[4] Herbert also asks historians and scholars from other fields to co-host.[5]

To participate, Twitter users follow Jason Herbert or one of the evening's guest hosts and the hashtag for Historians at the Movies, #HATM. Herbert opens the film with simple questions to facilitate discussion and then participants press play at exactly 8pm eastern time on their own devices. From there, participants tweet along with the film, tagging their posts with the #HATM hashtag so that others might find their tweets. Participation can range into the thousands of tweets in a short time.[citation needed] The July 3, 2020 viewing of Hamilton on Disney+ was one of the most popular of the group's viewings.[6][7] It saw over 6,000 tweets tagged with the #HATM hashtag, plus tweets without the marker.[citation needed]

Herbert noted that the purpose of Historians at the Movies has shifted from something historians did for fun to something they did to engage with the public.[4][8] While not every film is as serious as the last, each has the opportunity to tackle issues from immigration to racial disparity, LGBTQ history to political scandal.[9][according to whom?]

Growth edit

Historians at the Movies has grown since 2018. In 2019, Jason Herbert announced that HATM would be going on the road, visiting college campuses for live sessions at the University of Minnesota, University of Wyoming, University of Oklahoma, and Boston University. In 2022, this program was formally titled Live On Campus and extended to St. Olaf College and the University of North Alabama.[citation needed]

In 2019, founder Jason Herbert began public historical work through Historians at the Movies, such as writing commentary editorials for Smithsonian Magazine and conducting interviews with groups like the Society for U.S. Intellectual History.[10][11] In 2022, he gave a talk (recorded on C-SPAN) with Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation executive director Christy Coleman about history and the lens that Hollywood takes on historical events.[12]

The HATM community also formally introduced the hashtags #HATMUK in March 2020 and #HATMAus from March 2020 to March 2021.[13]

On December 6, 2022, Jason Herbert released the first HATM Podcast episode "Black Panther and Wakanda Forever with Walter Greason" and reached its first 25,000 total episode downloads within the first year of production.[14][better source needed]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kenyon, Maureen (February 14, 2020). "Pine School teacher's Historians at the Movies changes the way we think about history". TCPalm. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  2. ^ Pettit, Emma (February 12, 2019). "Every Sunday, These Historians Go to the Movies — All in the Name of Digital Community". Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  3. ^ Axelbank, Evan (2019-11-12). "Florida history teacher's weekly movie tweet-along has fans the world over". FOX 13 News. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  4. ^ a b Herbert, Jason (2019-07-12). "What Are You Doing Sunday Night? An Interview with Jason Herbert of #HATM". We're History. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  5. ^ Levy, Alexandra (October 19, 2021). "#HATM: Historians at the Movies Builds a Community, One Film at a Time". www.historians.org. The American Historical Association. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  6. ^ Schuessler, Jennifer (2020-07-06). "'Hamilton' and the Historical Record: Frequently Asked Questions". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  7. ^ Rash, John. "Hamilton, and 'Hamilton,' reexamined anew". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  8. ^ Herbert, Jason (December 2019). "Historians at the Movies and Bridging Gaps between the Academic Community". The American Historian – via Organization of American Historians.
  9. ^ Widdicombe, Lizzie (2020-01-21). "The Twitterstorians Trying to De-Trumpify American History". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  10. ^ Magazine, Smithsonian. "What Were the Best History Movies of the Decade?". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  11. ^ Benson, Roger (2020-02-26). "#USIH2020 News: Behind the Scenes of Historians at The Movies | Society for US Intellectual History". Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  12. ^ "Historians and Hollywood | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  13. ^ Public History Hour (2020-09-23). "Historians at the Movies Australia #HATMAus". University of Technology Sydney. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  14. ^ Herbert, Jason (November 28, 2023). "Twitter Post". Twitter (X).

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