News Archive
Study Guide Theme: Family
April 13, 2020
Public Enemy
Four past members of the Black Panther Party -- playwright and former prisoner Jamal Joseph; renowned musician and record producer Nile Rodgers; law professor and lecturer Kathleen Cleaver; and founding party member Bobby Seale -- share their personal memories and thoughts on the historic, milita...
April 13, 2020
Grand Illusion
One of the very first prison escape movies, Grand Illusion is hailed as one of the greatest films ever made. Jean Renoir's antiwar masterpiece stars Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnay as French soldiers held in a World War I German prison camp, and Erich von Stroheim as the unforgettable Captain von R...
April 13, 2020
Dark
Dark tells the story of one Dark Freeman, a young African American man who finds himself torn between his tough urban roots - living as a resident on the impoverished, crime-ridden south side of Chicago - and his day-to-day life, in the comparatively wealthy and privileged University of Chicago, ...
April 13, 2020
All Power to the People
All Power to the People chronicles the history of the Black Panther Party, examining issues of racial injustice, class conflict, and political dissent.
April 13, 2020
Boys of Baraka
The Boys of Baraka follows a group of middle school students as they journey from Baltimore to Kenya in pursuit of a better education.
