According to his son Nick Davis, "Hearts & Minds" Peter Davis had
nothing to do with the Mandela and Apartheid films.
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On Feb 15, 2006, at 4:18 PM, Rupert Laurie wrote:
> Call for Papers
>
> 2006 Film and History Conference
> “The Documentary Tradition”
> www.filmandhistory.org
> DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 20 July 2006
>
> AREA: Peter Davis
>
> In a 1975 Cineaste article, Peter Biskind wrote, “Hearts and
> Minds is the Vietnam film to end Vietnam films, a million dollar
> Vietnam spectacular. By deploying the vast resources of a major
> Hollywood production company, wildly beyond anything imaginable by
> the anti-war film-makers who labored doggedly on their grainy black
> and white documentaries during the sixties, it reveals the
> aspiration to have the last word, to get, finally, to the root of
> the problem.” As one can see, Peter Davis utilized techniques more
> commonly found in fictional Hollywood productions when creating his
> films, yet many consider him one of the foremost documentarians of
> the late twentieth century. Does Davis deserve this
> “documentarian” title? Do Davis’ politics influence the
> presentation of his subject matter? Does Peter Davis’ other films
> including, The Selling of the Pentagon (1971), Winnie and Nelson
> Mandela (1986), and In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
> (1993) follow the same patterns of
> Hearts and Minds (1974)? These questions along with many others
> spring to mind when contemplating Peter Davis and his impact on the
> documentary tradition, therefore, Film and History invites
> submissions on all aspects of Peter Davis, his films, his
> techniques, and his impact for its bi-annual conference.
>
> Please submit your 200-250 word proposals to Laurie Rupert, Area
> Chair, Department of English, Oklahoma State University 74978
> through email [log in to unmask] Panel proposals, for up to four
> presenters, are also welcome, but each presenter must submit his or
> her own paper proposal by 20 July 2006.
>
> You can find information concerning the Film and History
> Conference at www.filmandhistory.org. The conference runs from
> Wednesday, 8 November 2006 to Sunday, 12 November 2006 at the Dolce
> Convention Center near the Dallas Fort Worth Airport. Guest
> filmmakers are D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
>
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