Writers’ History Lessons: The People’s Recorder podcast
The first episode of the People’s Recorder podcast begins with host Chris Haley declaring: “In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, when many said America was at her lowest point, something…
Imaginary Worlds: Sinners Gives Hoodoo Its Due
Sinners got a historic 16 Academy Award nominations, which was remarkable for a film with vampires. But the film is also a rich exploration of race, religion, culture and music…
For Saundra
Nikki Giovanni
Something Like A War – 1991
An examination of India’s family planning program from the point of view of the women who are its primary targets. It traces the history of the family planning program and…
The 120 Minutes Archive
Welcome to The 120 Minutes Archive, the independent, critically acclaimed, definitive library of music video nostalgia. Since 2003, we’ve been traveling through time to rediscover and share the legacy of…
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
He played a key role in ending apartheid South Africa’s secret weapons program in the 1980s by helping the African National Congress bomb critical facilities. {read} Renfrew Christie, a South…
All That Heaven Allows
All That Heaven Allows is a 1955 American melodrama film directed by Douglas Sirk, produced by Ross Hunter, and adapted by Peg Fenwick from a story by Edna L. Lee…
Jane Baer, Animator on ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ ‘The Rescuers’ and ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit,’ Dies at 91
Jane Baer, whose half-century in animation including work on such films as Sleeping Beauty, The Rescuers and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, has died. She was 91. {read}
The Road Warrior
Mad Max 2 (released as The Road Warrior in the United States) is a 1981 Australian post-apocalyptic dystopian action film directed by George Miller, who co-wrote it with Terry Hayes…