Challenge

Period Drama Challenge – The End!!

July 19, 2010

The Period Drama Challenge ended in the beginning of July and now it’s time to acknowledge everyone who participated. You can find the list of participants and what they watched here. We highlighted the first review of every participant, who contacted us here at Lights, Camera… History!, and through your lists we found many titles [...]

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Amazing Grace by Chelsea (Period Drama Challenge)

March 16, 2010

    About Chelsea… Iam a 23 year-old Canadian with a passion for history, particularly British and Irish history during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. I also enjoy traveling, reading, and watching more television than I should!   Set in the Georgian era, Amazing Grace tells the story of William Wilberforce (played by Ioan Gruffudd), [...]

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Agora

February 7, 2010

Egypt, 391 A.D. Hypatia, a renowned scholar teaches her students inside the Library of Alexandria while in the streets religious tensions grow everyday. The fights between Christians, Jews and Pagans create a climate of distrust and fear. During the religious riots led by fanatic Christians who invaded the streets of Alexandria, the young woman is [...]

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Madita by Charly (Period Drama Challenge)

January 7, 2010

About Charly… I’m 29 years old and currently studying Slavonic philology and literature (and also History and Spanish) in Munich. I have been reading ever since I was taught the first letters in school and some day I discovered the wonderful world of literary adaptations. By now I am completely obsessed by all period dramas [...]

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Period Drama Challenge – Update

December 27, 2009

  It’s been 6 months now that our challenge is in progress. We’ve published the first review of most of our participants, received many recommendations of movies and series that were new to us and we are glad to see that not only several members are almost completing the challenge but some already did so – [...]

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Pride & Prejudice (1995) by Charlotte (Period Drama Challenge)

November 14, 2009

  It is a truth universally acknowledged that the 1995 version of Jane Austen’s most famous novel is the best adaptation to ever grace our screens, large and small. The casting, costumes, music, in fact everything about it is marvellous!  Rarely is a classic novel not slaughtered by adapting it, with the end result being [...]

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Pride & Prejudice (1980) by Laurie (Period Drama Challenge)

November 10, 2009

About Laurie… I am a 22-year-old young woman trying to live for my Lord and savior. My passion is working with Alzheimer’s and dementia patients which I currently do at an assisted living facility. I still live at home with my wonderful family who enjoy watching period films with me. My favorite author is Jane [...]

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Pope Joan (2009)

November 6, 2009

Die Päpstin (Germany) La papessa (Italy) La papisa (Spain) Runtime: 149 min (not one boring minute)   A woman as pope, the highest rank in the catholic church? For 1200 years the legend of Joan’s existence hasn’t died. In a world were Christianity was reducing a woman’s role to homemaker and mother a brave woman [...]

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Miss Austen Regrets by Katherine (Period Drama Challenge)

October 28, 2009

About Katherine…  I’m a twenty two year old with a love for English literature, art, period dramas, and everything old fashioned. It may be a little shocking to some to see Jane portrayed as someone who enjoys flirting and sipping wine but keep in mind that she herself admitted to enjoying flirting in a letter [...]

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Anna Karenina by Carla (Period Drama Challenge)

October 7, 2009

About Carla… I’m 24 years old and have always been in love with History. I love it so much that I graduated in History/Archaeology and am currently working in a museum, next to objects used by kings and queens. On my free time, I like to read and watch movies set in any time of [...]

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