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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o and Florence Kasumba are pictured in a scene from the film, Black Panther. Gurira says the representation of women in Black Panther is important for young girls to see. (Matt Kennedy/Disney/Marvel Studios via AP)
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‘Black Panther’ brings new visibility to cosplayers of color

The film "Black Panther" has inspired black cosplayers around the country to be more visible within the cosplay community.

8 years ago

Frances McDormand, Daniel Kaluuya, Daniel Day-Lewis
Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

What the Oscar winner for best picture will tell us about 2017

For better or worse, the winners of the Oscar for best picture are a pretty good reflection of the year that was.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

The art of the film score

Guests: Troy Herion, Michael Phillips Close your eyes and think of the shark from Jaws. Are you hearing ...

Air Date: March 1, 2018 10:00 am

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Rich Liuzzi, left, is the director of school and community partnerships at Lea Elementary who took eighth-graders to see Black Panther and thought all the school's students should see it. Aja Graydon-Dantzler, a Lea parent, Tiguida Kaba, a Lea student, and Lea principal Shavon Savage worked to support the effort that raised enough money to finance the movie field trip in less than 24 hours.
The Notebook
Education

Lea students to go on a field trip to Wakanda

8 years ago

In this Sept. 11, 2015 file photo, Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, (left), U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, (center), and Anthony Sadler attend a parade held in their honor in Sacramento, Calif. The wait is almost over to see Roseburg, Ore., hero Skarlatos on the big screen in
Community

Pa. writer penned Clint Eastwood’s ‘The 15:17 to Paris’

In the spring of 2015, Dorothy Blyskal had quit her corporate job and was writing Facebook posts begging for an entry-level position in show business.

8 years ago

White Helmet Khaled Omar Harrah was killed during an airstrike in 2016. He's part of a group of volunteer rescue workers featured in the documentary Last Men in Aleppo (available on Netflix). (Courtesy of Grasshopper Film)
NPR
Community

Director of Oscar-nominated Aleppo doc wants his film to serve as witness

The documentary Last Men In Aleppo, by Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad, takes viewers inside the city.

8 years ago

This image released by Disney-Marvel Studios shows Chadwick Boseman and Angela Bassett in a scene from
Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

The magnificence of ‘Black Panther’ is in its re-imagining of Africa

Never has a Hollywood blockbuster film captured Africa and her people in such rich, layered, multitudinous ways.

8 years ago

This image released by Disney shows Danai Gurira in a scene from Marvel Studios'
The Philadelphia Experiment
Arts & Entertainment

Why ‘Black Panther’ matters

The film, with its visually stunning portrayal of Africa and its people, is filled to bursting with truth about the black experience.

8 years ago

Listen 3:36
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

The power of ‘Black Panther’

Guests: Ariell Johnson, Salamishah Tillet, Dawud Anyabwile, Guy Sims Movie critics are saying that Marvel’s ...

Air Date: February 20, 2018

Listen 48:55
The triangular patterns visible in Chadwick Boseman's Black Panther suit reflect what costume designer Ruth Carter calls
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

‘Black Panther’ costume designer draws on ‘the sacred geometry of Africa’

Designer Ruth Carter — whose previous films include Selma, Malcolm X and Roots — pulled colors, shapes, jewelry, and textures from tribes all over Africa.

8 years ago

Since no Hollywood movie with a predominantly black cast has ever had a bigger budget, there's a feeling of collective stakes Black Panther's its critical and commercial reception.
(Marvel/Disney/AP)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Can Marvel’s Black Panther bear the weight of representation?

Black Panther has been at the center of the first superhero blockbuster hype cycle freighted with real political significance.

8 years ago

Chadwick Boseman is shown in a scene from
Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

Make movies great again: The ‘alt-right’ cinematic backlash

You may have heard about a Facebook group dedicated to undermining 'Black Panther,' the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first nonwhite superhero movie.

8 years ago

“Step Sisters” writer/executive producer and Delaware native Chuck Hayward (PhillyTrib)
The Philadelphia Tribune
Arts & Entertainment

‘Step Sisters’ movie and cultural appropriation 101

Tribune Digital Editor Nicki Mayo talks with “Step Sisters” writer/executive producer and Delaware native Chuck Hayward.

8 years ago

Veterans Tom Voss and Anthony Anderson leave Wisconsin as they embark on an epic journey across the country to heal from their time at war. (Thoughtful Robot Productions)
Health

WHYY presents film tracing vets’ cross-country quest for peace of mind

WHYY will host a screening Monday of a documentary that follows two Iraq War veterans on a journey to find peace years after they left the battlefield.

8 years ago

A view of Oscar statuettes backstage during the 2017 Academy Awards.
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

‘Shape of Water,’ ‘Dunkirk’ and ‘Three Billboards’ lead Oscar nominations

The nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday morning by a dapper, genial Andy Serkis and the always intoxicating Tiffany Haddish.

8 years ago

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