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Indie Documentary Examines Film Censorship

A new documentary about censorship and the cinema premiered at a recent film festival. Created by a team of film experts, activists, and archival researchers, this film includes interviews, movie clips, and narration that explores this particular aspect of history.

March 1, 2018February 25, 2018 Tess Wilson Archives, Censorship, First Amendment
Maya Angelou at President Clinton's Inauguration

Maya Angelou Documentary Highlights Her Singular Character

On Feb. 21, PBS premiered ‘And Still I Rise,’ a documentary on the life of Maya Angelou. Using mostly archival footage and interviews with the author herself, it is an opportunity to learn about the author’s life largely in her own words, from her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas, through her years in New York and Ghana, up to her death in 2014.

March 31, 2017March 31, 2017 Sarah Hicks Authors, General Interest
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Children Need/Want Scary Stories

These “Scary Stories” are being shown new light with an upcoming documentary about not only the story themselves but also the controversy surrounding them.

March 8, 2016March 8, 2016 Amy Steinbauer Banned and Challenged Books, Censorship, General Interest, Intellectual Freedom Issues
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