history
“Potemkin,” a film from yesterday and an audience from today
October 31, 2017What brought so many people together for an old silent film on a drizzly Monday evening?
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This week in history: The Protestant Reformation’s 500th birthday
October 31, 2017By the mid-16th century the Protestant attacks on Rome led to widespread depictions, in both word and imagery, of "good" against "bad" church.
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The Soviet Union aspired to a dream yet to be realized
October 30, 2017Socialism in the U.S. will be a society of free individuals who will have the opportunity to master the wonders of science and technology and live in peace and equality.
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This week in history: Centennial of South African freedom fighter Oliver Tambo
October 27, 2017Oliver Reginald Tambo, leader of the African National Congress (ANC) in exile for thirty years, was born 100 years ago on October 27, 1917.
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Pudovkin’s “The End of St. Petersburg” to screen in L.A.
October 25, 2017This screening of The End of St. Petersburg is the ninth in a monthly film series celebrating the 100th anniversary of the February and October 1917 Revolutions in Russia.
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