If you exist in the online world at all, you have probably taken note of the Barbenheimer phenomenon. Barbenheimer is a portmanteau of the titles of the two blockbuster films, […]
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Libraries & Museums Curators Share Black History and Anti-Racist Media Recommendations
Like many throughout the country, staffers of the Sheridan Libraries and University Museums are turning to books and other media in an effort to better understand the ways in which […]
Fair Use Can Be Fun!
February 24 – 28 is Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week. But why should you care? You should care because Fair Use is a US law that you utilize frequently, even daily. […]
Panel Discussion and Film Screening of the Documentary “Kiki”
Friday, November 30, 2018 6:30 – 9:00pm Location: George Peabody Library Exhibit Gallery Doors open at 5:30. No advanced tickets required. Please arrive early, as seats are limited. This documentary […]
Afrofuturism and Sci Fi
Science fiction and fantasy continue evolving. A rich and massive current wave is Afrofuturism. Books Afrofuturism — Africans have been writing science fiction since around the 1920s. Some of the […]
The Spirit of ’68
1968 was marked by war and protest, tragedy and revolution—a year around which a whole era of political turmoil, cultural change, and social unrest turned. So much happened in one […]
Hoop Dreams: Struggles and Redemption in Basketball Films
College basketball is heating up; have you made your bracket yet? There aren’t quite as many movies out there about basketball as there are about football, but the Libraries does […]
Fairy Tales for Christmas Holidays
As a young girl growing up in Indonesia, I remember that Christmas was one of my most favorite times of the year. My parents bought us a small Christmas tree […]
Global Communist Media at your Fingertips
A new e-resource, Socialism on Film: The Cold War and International Propaganda, brings a treasure trove of film to your fingertips. Digitized, captioned, and made searchable by Adam Matthew, Socialism […]
Hard-boiled and Noir Fiction and Film
Travelling through fetid alleyways in the pouring rain, through thronging cities like beating hearts, and darkened rooms echoing gunshots and last breaths, the fiction and film of the hard-boiled and […]