Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Media

Period of Performance

9/1/1999 - 1/31/2000

Funding Totals

$50,000.00 (approved)
$46,561.38 (awarded)


The Murder of Dr. Parkman: A Documentary About a Famous 19th Century Crime and the Issues of Historiography It Raises

FAIN: GN-25819-99

Center for Independent Documentary, Inc. (Newton, MA 02458-1341)
Melissa Winspear Banta (Project Director: February 1999 to January 2001)

Scripting of a one-hour documentary film that uses the story of the famous 19th-century crime of the murder of Dr. Parkman as a case study in historiography.