Last Fall, our former archivist Mary Hueslbeck put together a display at the IU Cinema featuring a collection of toys and action figures of black movie stars. It’s a pretty interesting collection, and reminds me how action figures and toys have the Janus-like quality of being both fun (I had a great time popping Jim… Read more »
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Samuel L. Jackson spends time in Bondy, France
Samuel L Jackson met young people in a poor Paris suburb on Tuesday, spotlighting deprived areas that France’s mainstream cinema is accused, like its politicians, of neglecting. Bondy, France is known for its large population of immigrants and has experienced racial conflict. In 2005, Bondy and other similar neighborhoods were hit by a series of… Read more »