Old footage sheds light on Black Power film
"The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975" is a must see documentary about the rise and stall of the Black Power Movement in the United States. Filmed by Swedish journalists in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the film includes interviews with some of the Movement's most pivotal leaders woven together with audio commentaries made by contemporary African American artists, activists and scholars. More »
South Pacific's enduring message on diversity
Rodgers and Hammerstein took Broadway a quantum leap forward in understanding when they targeted the teaching of prejudice in the "South Pacific" stunner "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught." Fans of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning show know that this powerful number unflinchingly denounces the transmission of bigotry from adults to children. More »
The King and I's revival a sharply paced hit
When Anna Leonowens arrived at the court of King Mongkut (Rama IV) in the early 1860's, slavery and inequality ruled Thailand- then Siam - as much as the United States. The now renown governess would later write about teaching many of the monarch's children and wives English and British customs. More »
