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Friday, March 04, 2022
Feature Stream: The Long Breakup
Friday, February 25, 2022
Feature Stream: The Amazing Nina Simone
She was left out of Civil Rights history, erased by jazz critics, and forgotten by most Americans because no one knew how to categorize her greatness. But throughout the 1960s, Nina Simone was both loved and feared for her outspoken vision of Black Freedom. Her musical proclamations like "Mississippi Goddam", and her iconic style created an alternative voice that continues to empower with its unrelenting appeal for justice. Now, a new documentary reveals the real Nina Simone through over 50 intimate interviews with those who best knew the artistry and intentions of one America's true musical geniuses. With new insights into her journey from Classical Music and the segregated American South, Nina's legacy is chartered all the way to the South of France where she finally found freedom.
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Friday, February 18, 2022
Feature Stream: Muhammad Ali
He was one of the best-known men of the 20th Century, a three-time heavyweight boxing champion who captivated millions of fans throughout the world with his mesmerizing combination of speed, grace and power in the ring, and charm and playful boasting outside of it. At the height of his fame he took American life—the racial prejudices, the religious biases, the role of celebrities, the role of sports in society—and refashioned it in his own image.
His brazen outspokenness and unsurpassed boxing skills made him a heroic symbol of black masculinity to African Americans across the country, yet at times he seemed to take pride in humiliating his black opponents. In an age of sit-ins and freedom rides aimed at ending segregation, his deep ties to the Nation of Islam, a black nationalist organization that preached separation, made him, for a time, among the most feared and reviled men in the country. At the peak of his ability, he bravely sacrificed his career by refusing to go to war in Vietnam – and though he was condemned for it, Muhammad Ali would later be celebrated as a principled pacifist.
He was a faithful Muslim, an unfaithful husband, a proud father and an adoring son. He was a fearsome warrior who vanquished nearly every opponent, but was finally brought down by his stubborn refusal to quit. After boxing, when Parkinson’s Syndrome had all but silenced him, he became an international hero, a saint, a symbol of freedom and courage. Today he is one of the most indelible and beloved men in history, and our four-part film, spanning over eight hours, will tell his story.
Directed and produced by Ken Burns, David McMahon, and Sarah Burns, written by Sarah Burns and David McMahon, and executive produced by Ken Burns. (Description from: https://kenburns.com/films/muhammad-ali/)
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Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Feature Stream: Nerves of Steel
It's not for the faint-hearted. It's a head-first, full-throttle slide down a winding, icy track, with brutal consequences when things go wrong. It's the recently rediscovered sport of skeleton. And, for four fearless young women from Australia's beaches, it's their unexpected chance at Olympic glory. This exhilarating documentary follows the fate of the team - the athletes, manager and coach - as they hurtle towards the 2006 Torino Winter Games, tracking both the scientific juggernaut and the all-too-human drama on an exhausting six-month tour from Canberra to the US, Canada and Europe.
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Thursday, February 10, 2022
OPEN CALL for Juried Art Exhibition
"Inside the Box" Memoir Comics by Stout Students
This exhibit is seeking narrative comic art in all styles and mediums that incorporate the theme of personal memoir and identity. This show is in response to Alison Bechdel's Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic which has been selected as this year's Reading Across Campus selection.
Work submitted can include short comics, original drawn pages, crafted books, reproduced pages, and other visual narrative artworks outside of the comics medium.
Show will be installed on the second floor of the Roberts S. Swanson Library near the Comics and Graphic Novels Collection.
Submission Guidelines:
In a single PDF, no larger than 20MB. Name, major, website (if applicable), artist bio. Include up to 5 works: provide title, medium, dimensions, year, for each work.
Email submission to: climesm@uwstout.edu
- Submission due: 02.27.2022 by Noon
- Jury Selection: 03.06.2022
- Work Delivered: 03.11.2022
- Show Opens: 03.21.2022
- Closing Reception: 04.29.2022
For more information contact Mary Climes climesm@uwstout.edu
Access the e-book here Print version of Fun Home may be found in the Comics and Graphic Novels Collection, 2nd floor of the Library.
Friday, February 04, 2022
Feature Stream: Driving While Black
Discover how the advent of the automobile brought new mobility and freedom for African Americans but also exposed them to discrimination and deadly violence, and how that history resonates today. Chronicling the history and personal experiences of African Americans on the road from the advent of the automobile through the seismic changes of the 1960s and beyond Driving While Black explores the background of a phrase rooted in realities that have been a part of the African American experience for hundreds of years told in part through the stories of the people who lived through it.
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Friday, January 28, 2022
Feature Stream: BlacKkKlansman
A black detective sets out to infiltrate the Colorado chapter of the Ku Klux Klan with the help of his Jewish colleague. In the midst of the 1970s civil rights movement, they risk their lives to obtain insider information on the violent organization.
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