We’re more than halfway through Black History Month, but it’s not too late to start engaging with Black media and culture. This celebration was created in 1925 by historian Carter G. Woodson and his organization, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), and was originally named Negro History Week. After spreading […]
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Korean Cinema Recommendations
While Korean cinema has been the source of iconic and critically-acclaimed movies for years, its status as a global juggernaut has rapidly expanded with international successes like Parasite, which was the first foreign language film ever to win the Oscar for Best Picture in 2020. Whether you’re already a die-hard fan of Korean cinema or […]
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Spirit-Sparking Movies to Check Out this Holiday Season
From Rankin/Bass Christmas specials to Dickens adaptations and every sappy Hallmark flick in between, the seasonal movies we hold dear invoke the Holiday Spirit with festivity tantamount to only the jolliest of Bing Crosby jingles. Like the audiovisual equivalents of hot cocoa and a warm blanket, these films comfort the year-weary viewer with their familiarity, […]
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Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with our top picks
In the early 1900s, a Dr. Arthur C. Parker, who hails from a Native American lineage, convinced the Boys Scouts of America to celebrate a day for the “First Americans”. Nearly a century later, President George H. W. Bush declared November 1990 as the first Native American Heritage Month, which continues to be celebrated now. […]
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