Inspired by a book by acclaimed historian Simon Schama, Murder at Harvard uses a combination of film-noir drama and present-day documentary footage to tell the true tale of one of the most notorious American crimes of the 19th century. Grappling with frustrating gaps in the historical record, Schama assumes the role of a time-travelling detective who takes an unusual step for an historian and imagines how certain scenes and encounters might have played out. "Maybe I thought what I was after was not a literal documentary truth," Schama tells us, "but a poetic truth — an imaginative truth — and for that I was going to have to become my own Resurrection man. I was going to have to make these characters live again."
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Simon Schama
Crew: Eric Stange (Director), Melissa Banta (Producer), Eric Stange (Producer)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
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Runtime: 50 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jul 14, 2003
IMDb: 10
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