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Moving Histories

Moving Histories

By: John Trafton Kim Nelson and Robert Burgoyne
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Join film professors Kim Nelson, Robert Burgoyne, and John Trafton as they explore the films that connect us with the past.

Edited by Nick Hector, BFE CCE

Music by Nine Inch Nails Ghosts I-IV, Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license

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Episodes
  • American Primeval

    American Primeval
    Sep 3 2025

    In our latest episode, we dive into the Netflix series American Primeval, directed by Peter Berg and starring Betty Gilpin and Taylor Kitsch. In light of recent assaults on higher institutions and the attempts to erase competing histories of America's past, this episode and Berg's series grapples with a complex and haunted past and present-day debates over national identity through a retelling of the 1857 Utah War.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Warfare

    Warfare
    Aug 6 2025

    In our new episode, we look at Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza's 2025 Iraq War film Warfare (2025).

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    46 mins
  • The Seed of the Sacred Fig

    The Seed of the Sacred Fig
    Jun 11 2025

    In this episode, we are joined by UC Irvine Professor of Anthropology Roxanne Varzi for a discussion of The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Mohammed Rasoulof, 2024).

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    54 mins
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