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Decade of Fire

Saturday, November 9, 2019 2:00pm
Plaza Branch
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For 10 years in the 1970s, the South Bronx area of New York City literally smoldered. An arson epidemic, compounded by government negligence, ra...
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The First Rainbow Coalition

Saturday, January 25, 2020 2:00pm
Plaza Branch
In Person
Fifty years ago, Chicago’s Black Panther Party formed an unlikely alliance in one of the most segregated cities in America. Intent on addressing po...
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Always in Season

Thursday, February 13, 2020 6:30pm
Plaza Branch
In Person
A 17-year-old African American is found hanging from a swing set in the middle of an all-white trailer park in North Carolina. Police quickly de...
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Indie Lens Pop-Up film: Eating Up Easter

Tuesday, May 26, 2020 7:00pm
Online
Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is more than just a picture postcard of iconic stone statues. It’s a microcosm of a planet in flux. Native R...
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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Tuesday, June 16, 2020 6:30pm
Online
For well more than 30 years, starting with the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1979 and ending with the Sandy Hook school massacre late in 2012, Marion S...
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Durwood Film Vault

Movie: 'Parallel'

Thursday, October 10, 2024 1:00pm
Southeast Branch
In Person
Parallel follows the story of Vanessa (Danielle Deadwyler) who takes refuge at her family’s lake house to grieve after suffering the loss of her ch...
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Durwood Film Vault

Movie: 'The Beekeeper'

Thursday, November 14, 2024 1:00pm
Southeast Branch
In Person
Mr. Clay serves the Beekeepers, a secret organization with overreaching powers around the world. After quitting his work and leaving behind his dan...
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