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Darkest Hour

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In Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman is Winston Churchill.

The film begins with a vote of no confidence for the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain. Having taken an outspoken, and often unwelcome, critical view of German aggression during the 30s, Churchill became Prime Minister just at the moment when the aggression reached the British Empire. The first month of Churchill’s historic time as Prime Minister, he faced a great decision; one that would lead either to war or to a negotiated peace with Hitler. The compressed timeline of the film drops the viewer in the midst of the “darkest hour” of British history. The decisions made during these days could have changed the course of history.

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What to read/watch next …

Schindler’s List
The Hurricane
Zero Dark Thirty
Captain Phillips
Nothing Ever Dies by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Dunkirk
Dr. Strangelove

 

 

 

This podcast is sponsored by Price Video Services and USC Bedrosian Center,
and continues ongoing efforts to bring policy and its impact into the public discourse.

Special thanks to Dean Jack Knott, USC Price; Dean David Bridel, USC School of Dramatic Arts; and Dean Elizabeth Daley, USC Cinematic Arts for their support of this interdisciplinary conversation.

This podcast was produced by Aubrey Hicks and Jonathan Schwartz, recorded and mixed by Corey Hedden.

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