In a digital ‘new media’ era with a global pandemic shuttering theaters and necessitating remote (rather than in-person) political conventions, the screen itself has been democratized as citizens stream media on YouTube, Roku, Twitter and cell phones Films and media—from Hollywood cinema to independent films, political campaign video ‘mini-movies’ and social media—have harkened back to the civil rights era to ‘cinematize’ and ‘musicalize’ the quest for social justice and the effort to further democracy Legend and Common reprised their Oscar performance of “Glory” from the film Selma to honor Lewis at the 2020 Democratic National Convention, streamed on YouTube from the Fox Theater in Atlanta https://www youtube com/watch?v=nPBi88v7adM Barack Obama, the first African-American US president, paid homage to civil rights marching with Lewis to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Selma [11] Links: John Legend and Common perform “Glory” from Selma at the Oscars: https://www youtube com/watch?v=H9MKXR4gLjQ Jaime Harrison 2020 online Twitter ad https://twitter com/harrisonjaime/status/1312491386009202691 Barack Obama 2007 Iowa Jefferson Jackson Speech https://www youtube com/watch?v=tydfsfSQiYc John Legend and Common reprise “Glory” from Selma at 2020 Democratic National Convention to honor John Lewis: https://www youtube com/watch?v=nPBi88v7adM Biographical Note Dr Sheri Chinen Biesen is Professor of Film History at Rowan University and author of Blackout: World War II and the Origins of Film Noir (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005), Music in the Shadows: Noir Musical Films (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014), and Film Censorship: Regulating America’s Screen (Wallflower/Columbia University Press, 2018)

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使屏幕民主化：“电影化”和“音乐化”社会正义、政治和投票

在数字“新媒体”时代，全球大流行关闭影院，需要远程（而不是面对面）政治会议，屏幕本身已经民主化，因为公民在 YouTube、Roku、Twitter 和手机上流媒体电影和媒体——从好莱坞电影到独立电影、政治竞选视频“迷你电影”和社交媒体——已经回到民权时代，将社会正义的追求和推动民主的努力“电影化”和“音乐化”他们在 2020 年民主党全国代表大会上为向刘易斯致敬的电影《塞尔玛》中的奥斯卡表演《荣耀》，从亚特兰大福克斯剧院在 YouTube 上播放 https://www youtube com/watch?v=nPBi88v7adM 巴拉克奥巴马，第一位非洲人美国美国总统，向与刘易斯一起游行以纪念塞尔玛 50 周年的民权运动表示敬意 [11] 链接：约翰传奇和普通人在奥斯卡颁奖典礼上表演塞尔玛的“荣耀”：https://www youtube com/watch?v=H9MKXR4gLjQ Jaime Harrison 2020在线 Twitter 广告 https://twitter com/harrisonjaime/status/1312491386009202691 巴拉克奥巴马 2007 年爱荷华州杰斐逊杰克逊演讲 https://www youtube com/watch?v=tydfsfSQiYc 约翰传奇和塞尔玛在 2020 年民主党全国代表大会上共同重演“荣耀”向约翰·刘易斯致敬：https://www youtube com/watch?v=nPBi88v7adM 传记 Sheri Chinen Biesen 博士是罗文大学电影史教授和《停电：第二次世界大战和黑色电影的起源》（约翰霍普金斯大学）的作者Press, 2005), Music in the Shadows: Noir Musical Films (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014), and Film Censorship:监管美国的屏幕（Wallflower/哥伦比亚大学出版社，2018 年）