Tagged Film Screenings
News Matters: Why Local Journalism is Crucial to Democracy
Join the Newspapers and Microfilm Center on Thursday, May 29, at 6:00 p.m. as we explore the vital role that local journalism plays in our communities. We’ll be screening News Matters , a powerful documentary by Brian…
Abortion and Women's Rights 1970: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
On Tuesday, January 21, at 6:00 p.m. the Social Science and History Department will screen Abortion and Women's Rights 1970 , the first documentary made in the U.S. about the struggle for reproductive rights. Following the…
Marion Stokes Saved Everything
On October 17, the Newspapers and Microfilm Center will host a screening of Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project . Stokes was a Philadelphia activist, librarian, public-access television producer, and secretly, an archivist of over 30…
Meet the Curators: Black August Film Series with cinéSPEAK
Every Tuesday this August, the Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library will host a film series for Black August facilitated by cinéSPEAK . Learn a little bit about the curators below, and see what films they chose:…
James E. Dupree: Stolen Dreams Exhibit and Film Screening
Join the Art Department on Saturday, February 3 at 2 p.m. , for a free screening of the documentary film Broken Dreams . The feature documentary Broken Dreams highlights artist James E. Dupree, his massive art studio in West…
Upcoming Documentary Screening on Groundbreaking Psychoanalyst Dr. Bernard Bail
And Now, Love (2019), the award-winning feature documentary, chronicles the amazing life of renowned psychoanalyst Dr. Bernard Bail, an important Philadelphian and Temple Medical School graduate. The Free Library's Education,…
His Dark Materials Screenings and Scavenger Hunts!
by Peter SM and Dena H. Imagine stepping into an alternate universe where not everything is as it seems, animals—known as dæmons —can talk and act like humans, and a mysterious substance called "Dust" is…