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Is it fair to conclude that the reconstruction of history on film should be discouraged as it provides the public with distorted, romanticised views of the past and misleads those who watch it? Suggested reading for the essay question: Film and History David Cannadine (ed.), History and the Media (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2004). Mark Carnes (ed.), Past Imperfect: History according to the Movies (New York: Henry Holt, 1995). James Chapman, Past and Present: National Identity and the British Historical Film (London: I. B. Taurus, 2005). Bruce Cummings, War and Television (New York: Verson, 1994). Bill Nichols, Representing Reality: Issues and Concepts in Documentary (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991).