Mermaids have long since fascinated storytellers, with the first mermaid appearing on film in 1904. This film, simply called The Mermaid, was just four minutes long and featured an unnamed…
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Caribbean Americans have made significant contributions to this country, as well as to the evolution of American culture. With films that range from Sweet Micky for President? (2015), Night Catches…
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Many people hear stories of their grandparents going to the drive-in theater for a Friday night hangout, but do you know the history of the classic movie experience? Though there…
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Name: Quentin Jerome Tarantino Essential Films: Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), The Kill Bill Collection (2005), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Django Unchained (2012), Once Upon a Time…. in…
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August marks the beginning of Black August, an annual celebration and prison-based holiday that honors Black freedom fighters and political prisoners while bringing attention to Black resistance against racial oppression….
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The Blair Witch Project (1999), Donnie Darko (2001), and Little Miss Sunshine (2006) are all great independent films with something in common: they all premiered at film festivals. For filmmakers…
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In the 1999 film The Matrix, Neo (played by Keanu Reeves) is given a choice – the red pill or the blue pill. It’s a familiar plotline for cinephiles. The…
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From independent filmmakers like Lulu Wang and Chinonye Chukwu to iconic feature film directors like Gina Prince-Bythewood and Jane Campion, women are pioneers and innovators in the film, television, and…
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