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"A retelling of Charles Dicken's beloved A Christmas Carol in which Henry Winkler is a heartless finance company president in Depression era New England."

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• Women in Motion 
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Feature Stream: Das Boot

 

"The crew aboard a WWII German submarine must contend with poor conditions, long stretches of inactivity, fierce storms and thunderous battles/ A correspondent observes their daily life, while their captain struggles to maintain morale and his own motivation. Based on the novel by Lothar G. Buchheim."

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Feature Stream: Only the Brave

"A searing portrait of war and prejudice, 'Only the Brave' takes you on a haunting journey into the hearts and minds of the forgotten heroes of WWII- the Japanese-American 100th/442nd. In 1941, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, overnight Japanese Americans were put into internment camps for the duration of the war. Determined to prove their loyalty, 1400 Japanese Americans successfully petitioned the government to serve becoming the 100th Infantry Battalion. They were sent to North Africa, Italy, and finally France were they performed an impossibly- dangerous rescue of the Texas 36th Division. During their two years of combat these men received an unparalleled 21 Medals of Honor 9,486 Purple Hearts, 8 Presidential Citations, 53 Distinguished Service Crosses, 588 Silver Stars, and 5,200 Bronze Stars."

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• The Martian
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Feature Stream: Words from a bear

 

" When N. Scott Momaday won the 1969 Pulitzer Prize, it marked one of the first major acknowledgements of Native American literature and culture. Now Momaday's words come to life in this biography of a celebrated Native American storyteller."" 

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Feature Stream: Gather

 

" An indigenous chef embarks on an ambitious project to reclaim ancient food way on the Apache reservation; in South Dakota a gifted Lakota high school student raised on a buffalo ranch, is proving her tribes native wisdom through her passion for science; and a group of young men of the Yurok tribe in Northern California are struggling to keep their culture alive and rehabilitate the habitat of their sacred salmon. All of these stories combine to show how the reclaiming and recovery of ancient food ways is a way forward for native Americans to bring back health and vitality to their people"" 

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Feature Stream: Lakota Nations vs. The United States

 

"A provocative visually stunning testament to a land and people who have survived removal, exploitation and genocide- and whose best days are yet to come" 

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Feature Stream: Gather

" An indigenous chef embarks on an ambitious project to reclaim ancient food way on the Apache reservation; in South Dakota a gifted Lakota high school student raised on a buffalo ranch, is proving her tribes native wisdom through her passion for science; and a group of young men of the Yurok tribe in Northern California are struggling to keep their culture alive and rehabilitate the habitat of their sacred salmon. All of these stories combine to show how the reclaiming and recovery of ancient food ways is a way forward for native Americans to bring back health and vitality to their people"" 

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• Paint
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Feature Stream: The Choice 2024

 

" Investigating the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek the presidency. In a historic election, those who know the candidates reveal key moments that shape how they would lead America. Distributed by the PBS Distribution."

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• When Whales Could Walk 
• Odysseus Returns 
• Depleted Uranium 

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Feature Stream: Frankenstein and the Vampyre

 

"On 16 June, 1816, trapped inside a villa by insatiable thunderstorms erupting across Lake Geneva in Switzerland, Lord Byron challenged his party of young bohemians to a ghost story competition. Their confinement was to chance their destiny, and the course of literary history, forever. That night, Byron's challenge gave birth to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the gothic masterpiece of Romantic fiction, and John William Polidori's The Vampyre, the first great vampire novel. Combing drama with the opinions of a stellar cast of gothic, horror, and science fiction writers, including Neil Gaiman and Margaret Atwood, this fascinating documentary explores of one of the most significant moments in gothic history and considers its lasting effect on modern literature."

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• Who will betray him? 
• Frozen peaks
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Feature Stream: Van Gogh: The making of a master

 

"This film invites us to rediscover the work of Vincent Van Gogh through the character of Johanna Bonger Van Gogh, his sister-in-law and inheritor of his estate. Although she knew him only for the last two months of his life, she devoted her life to making his painting known to the world. By following her painstaking efforts to understand his art and make it known to critics and dealers, we see Van Gogh's genius in an unprecedented and profoundly human perspective."

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• Abortion and Women's Rights 1970
• The First Year 

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Feature Stream: American Psycho

 

"A rich Wall Street player (Christian Bale) basks in his late-1980's yuppie lifestyle, but behind his slick appearance lurks a murderous monster. Jared Leto, Williem Dafoe, Samantha Mathis, Chloe Sevingny, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas." 

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Feature Stream: Paint

 

"Owen Wilson stars as Carl Nargle, Vermont's #1 public TV painter who is convinced he has it all: a signature perm, custom van, and fans hanging on his every stroke… until a younger, better artist steals everything (and everyone) Carl loves."

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• Melancholia 
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Feature Stream: The King's Man

 

"As a collection of history s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them. Discover the origins of the very first independent intelligence agency in The King's Man."

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• Edward Scissorhands 
• The Shape of Water

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Feature Stream: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

 

" A timid teenager copes with the pains of adolescence with the help of two new friends, a beautiful high-school senior and her gay stepbrother." 

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• Black Panther 
• Clash of the Titans

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Freed Between The Lines: Banned Books Week Panel Discussion

You are invited to a Banned Books Week faculty panel moderated by Mitch Ogden, Director, Honors College.  This event is free and open to the public.  Refreshments will be served. 

The faculty panel:

• Rickie-Ann Legleitner, Interim Executive Director of Inclusive Excellence
• Lopa Basu, Professor, English, Philosophy & Communications Studies
• Alexander Bozzo, Assistant Professor, Director, Center for Applied Ethics

When: Tuesday, September 24th, 4:15 - 5:30 PM

Where: Robert S. Swanson Library & Learning Center, 2nd Floor

For more Banned Book Week resources: https://www.ala.org/bbooks

This event is sponsored by the Menard Center for the Study of Institutions and Innovation, UW-Stout Library, Center for Applied Ethics, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Honors College, Literature Committee, Office of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Feature Stream: Your Brain: Perception Deception

"Is what you see real? Join neuroscientist Heather Berlin on a quest to understand how your brain shapes your reality, and why you cant always trust what you perceive. In the first hour of this two-part series, learn what the latest research shows about your brain processes and shapes the world around you, and discover the surprising trick's and shortcuts your brain takes to help you survive."

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Feature Stream: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse

" Miles Morales catapults across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero. "

   

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• Covid Diaries NYC
• Gone with the Wind
• 10 Things I Hate About You 

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Feature Stream: Free Guy

"A bank teller who discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, decides to become the hero of his own story…one he rewrites himself. Now in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way… before it is too late. "

   

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• The King's Man
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• The Chronicles of Melanie

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Feature Stream: ASL - Learn Deaf Culture. History, & CODA

"Sign it and say it! Excellent for every American Sign Language (ASL) student as well as teachers, parents and professionals learning ASL to be able to communicate clearly, naturally and start signing with the deaf community and people with hearing loss. Students will learn basic to advanced communication skills, vocabulary, finger spelling, the alphabet the fundamentals of communicating through sign in a variety of everyday situations, proper ASL etiquette and how to properly communicate with people of the Deaf Community. Storytelling, builds narrative skills appropriate for all new learners. Everyday communication is the centerpiece of each lesson and each topic revolves around sharing information about our environment and day to day life. 

Grammar is introduced in context, with an emphasis on developing question and answer skills. Students will learn conversational strategies to help maintain a conversation along with interaction activities allowing students to rehearse what they’ve learned in each lesson. This series is an easy-to-learn, step-by-step approach complete with drills and practice exercises to increase signing ability and understanding. Featuring ASL teacher and interpreter Clarissa Story and deaf student Rachel signing in her own words teaching conversation skills on the subjects taught, after each lesson. 

In this program students will learn how to sign about deaf culture, history and CODA."

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• Jim Henson Shorts
• On-Gaku: Our Sound
• Dogs Don't Wear Pants

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Feature Stream: Artificial Intelligence

"Trace the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) from simple calculating machines to computers that can vanquish chess masters. Learn the distinction between weak AI, such as a chess-playing machine, and strong AI, which is a machine that has a truly human-like mind. Question whether strong AI is even possible."

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• Z (2019)
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Feature Stream: So Long, My Son

"Two families in China face upheaval over three decades of social, political and human upheaval in China. After a tragic loss, their paths diverge, and fortunes change. A quest for truth and reconciliation remains despite life's twists, and goodbyes take a lifetime."

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• Decision to Leave
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Feature Stream: The Queen of Ireland

 

"This documentary follows drag queen Panti Bliss, created by Rory O’Neill. Since the Pantigate scandal in 2014, Panti has become a figurehead for LGBT rights in Ireland and her fight for equality has become recognized across the world.

Winner of Best Irish Film and Best Documentary at Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards. Official Selection at the European Film Festival"

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• Mad God
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Feature Stream: Run Lola Run

 

"A thrilling post-MTV, roller-coaster ride, RUN LOLA RUN is the internationally acclaimed sensation about two star-crossed lovers who have only minutes to change the course of their lives. Time is running out for Lola (Franka Potente). She's just received a frantic phone call from her boyfriend, Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), who's lost a small fortune belonging to his mobster boss. If Lola doesn't replace the money in twenty minutes, Manni will surely suffer severe consequences. Set to a throbbing techno score, "Lola's like a human stun gun!" Peter Rainer, New York Magazine."

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• Good Bye Lennin!
• The Class
• The Merchant of Venice

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Feature Stream: Everything Everywhere All At Once

 

"When an interdimensional rupture threatens to unravel reality, the fate of the world is suddenly in the hands of a most unlikely hero: Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh), a flustered immigrant mother. As bizarre and bewildering dangers emerge from the many possible worlds, she must learn to channel her newfound powers and fight her way through the splintering timelines to save her home, her family, and herself in this big-hearted and irreverent adventure through the multiverse."

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• Sympathy for the Devil
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Feature Stream: Who We Are

"Interweaving lecture, personal anecdotes, interviews, and shocking revelations, in WHO WE ARE — A Chronicle of Racism in America, criminal defense/civil rights lawyer Jeffery Robinson draws a stark timeline of anti-Black racism in the United States, from slavery to the modern myth of a post-racial America."

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Feature Stream: Woman in Motion

"Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation's best and brightest, including the trailblazing astronauts who became the first African American, Asian and Latino men and women to fly in space."

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Feature Stream: Signing Black in America

"This is the first documentary about Black ASL: the unique dialect of American Sign Language (ASL) that developed within historically segregated African American Deaf communities. Black ASL today conveys an identity and sense of belonging that mirrors spoken language varieties of the African American hearing community. The program highlights the different uses of space, hand use, directional movement, and facial expression, which are ways that Black ASL distinguishes itself as a vibrant dialect of American Sign Language. The African American Deaf community is now embracing their unique variety as a symbol of solidarity and a vital part of their identity. "

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• Making Black America
• The Big Payback
• 400 Years Taking the Knee
  

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