News Archive
Rec. Grade Level: 11
April 13, 2020
Amandla
In this moving testimony to the power of song, Amandala documents the vital role South African freedom songs played in the nearly half-century struggle against apartheid.
April 13, 2020
Anne B. Real
Anne B. Real centers on a young female rapper who finds inpiration in The Diary of Anne Frank in this moving coming of age tale.
April 13, 2020
Battleground
In 2003, filmmaker and reporter Stephen Marshall travels to war-torn Iraq to investigate a spreading insurgency that is creating an increasingly unstable situation for U.S. military troops. Focusing on the story of an ex-Shiite guerrilla returning to his homeland for the first time in over a deca...
April 13, 2020
Benji
Benji documents the November 1984 death and cultural impact of Ben Wilson, a 17-year-old from the South Side of Chicago who was regarded as the best basketball player in the country.
April 13, 2020
Blindsight
Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Himalayas, Blindsight follows the gripping adventure of six Tibetan teenagers who set out to climb the 23,000 foot Lhakpa Ri on the north side of Mount Everest.
