As part of SIU Review's special Oscar preview, film critic Walter Metz takes a closer look at Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln. This is an encore presentation of Metz's review that first aired in December.
Lincoln is a theatrical accounting of President Abraham Lincoln’s effort to abolish slavery during a transitional period of the nation’s history near the end of the Civil War.
Walter Metz is the Chair of the Department of Cinema and Photography at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
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