Transgender flags held by people at a demonstration

Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance

This year and every year, Transgender Awareness Week goes from November 13th to November 19th and culminates with Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20th. In 1999, transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith founded Transgender Day of Remembrance to honor the loss of a transgender woman named Rita Hester in 1998. Since then, November 20th has […]

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Now in Media Services – Chronicles of the Refugee – DVD 7721 – 7723

Chronicles of the Refugee is a 6-part documentary film series looking at The global Palestinian refugee experience over the last 60 years. Starting with ‘al-Nakba’ (catastrophe) in 1948 (part I) and continuing through repeated community and individual expulsions (part II) and enduring discrimination by virtue of being Palestinian (part III), the first three episodes are […]

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4th Brazilian Film Week – 3 Final Screenings Tonight at E St Cinema!

Tonight at 5:00pmSMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES (É proibido fumar, 2009) Anna Muylaert. 86min. Baby is a chain-smoking guitar teacher in her forties who craves a romantic relationship. When musician Max moves into the apartment next door, she sees the possibility of turning her lonely life around. Instead, she unexpectedly finds herself involved in a […]

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Remembering Tony Curtis (1925-2010)

The New York Times described Tony Curtis as “one of the last survivors of Hollywood’s Golden Age.” Read More… Here’s a short list of Tony Curtis related titles in our Home Use Collection:Celluloid Closet – HU DVD 5696Last Tycoon – HU DVD 718Some Like It Hot – HU DVD 396Spartacus – HU DVD 3272Sweet Smell […]

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3 Picks From Werner Herzog!

Werner Herzog was on WAMU 88.5FM last week talking about three films that he highly recommends you see: Treasure of the Sierra Madre – HU DVD 1022Viva Zapata – HU VHS 1657Swing Time – HU VHS 7048 Read about it here or… Listen to the WAMU/NPR segment here: Here is a list of some of […]

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Full Metal Disney

If you liked Full Metal Disney, you may like Pulp Disney. Truthfully, we recommend the actual films, both of which we have here in Media Services in the Home Use Collection! Full Metal Jacket – HU DVD 1886Pulp Fiction – HU DVD 1244

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