SOURCE: Fishbein, Leslie. “Roots: Docudrama and the Interpretation of History.” In Why Docudrama? Fact-Fiction on Film and TV, edited by Alan Rosenthal, pp. 271-95. Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press, 1999.
In the following essay, Fishbein discusses the merits and shortcomings of the use of television drama as a medium for preserving history.
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