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Archive: October 2022 (14 Posts)

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Looking (and Looking Again) at Black Film History

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

This is a guest post by Allyson Nadia Field, Associate Professor of Cinema & Media Studies at the University of Chicago and Cara Caddoo, Associate Professor of Cinema & Media Studies at Indiana University in Bloomington. While recent decades have seen a proliferation of films written, directed, and produced by African Americans, the legacy of …

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This Weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (October 7 – October 8, 2022)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

This coming weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (19053 Mt. Pony Road / Culpeper, VA) Be warned:  Not all monsters look like monsters.  At least not this month at the Packard Campus Theater as we look at “Monsters Among Us.”  Sometimes, you see, they are just cute and cuddly (and animated).  But sometimes, they look …

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Film Loans from the Library of Congress — October 2022

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

Here are some of the titles from the Library’s motion picture collections–many preserved by the NAVCC film laboratory–that we’re loaning for exhibition this month. As always, we can’t guarantee that schedules won’t change or links get broken, but this is our best information at the time of publication. Pordenone Silent Film Festival:  Pordenone, Italy THE …