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  • Essentials of Black Cinema Screening: Do the Right Thing

    Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, VT, United States

    The first film in our Essentials of Black Cinema series honoring Black history and celebrating Black artistry is Spike Lee’s 1989 classic. With an all-star class and a master director in top form, Do the Right Thing simmers with still topical issues of identity, home, and representation while being a masterclass in what the film…

  • Multicultural Movie Night: Inside Out

    Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, VT, United States

    Join us for a heartwarming movie night featuring 'Inside Out.' Follow the emotional journey of young Riley as her personified emotions navigate growing up. Perfect for all ages, this animated…

  • Sweetheart Cupcake & Pheromone Party with Moonstruck

    Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, VT, United States

    Calling all singles! Find love via science and gather for cupcakes and romantic comedy! Based on 2010’s match-making events of artist Judith Prays, we ask that those seeking arrive with a t-shirt that they’ve slept in for three nights Ziploc-bagged. Upon sniffing, participants can take their photo with any olfactory pleasing garment bags. Next, the…

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  • Essentials of Black Cinema Screening: The Learning Tree

    Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, VT, United States

    Next in our series of Black-directed film is the 1969 bildungsroman The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks. Parks was an artistic polyglot - poet, composer, director, photographer; he based this film of Black youth in 1920’s Kansas off his own semi-autobiographical novel. Run time: 107 minutes.

  • Essentials of Black Cinema Screening: Daughters of the Dust

    Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, VT, United States

    The third film in our series is the poetic Daughters of the Dust about generational change within the Gulla culture (an ethnic group off the coast of South Carolina). From 1991 and directed by Julie Dash it was the first theatrically released film directed by a Black woman and remains a distinctive work of art…

  • Essentials of Black Cinema Screening: Get Out

    Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, VT, United States

    Last, but certainly not least, is Jordan Peele’s masterful creepfest Get Out from 2017. Super genre literate, smart and conscious, darn-near formally perfect, and a true roller coaster ride; this film will make you laugh, shriek, squirm, and think! Not all is as it seems when Chris visits his white girlfriend’s family in Upstate New…