Masters of the Air: American Bomber Boys Fight the Good War
Masters of the Air. Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga, Dee Rees, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Tim…
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Escaping the Robot’s Loop: Westworld and the Politics of Consciousness-Raising
Spoilers for Season 1 of Westworld below. “Some people choose to see the ugliness in this world,…
History Professors on Screen
Is it time for Indiana Jones to move over? NBC this fall aired a new…
The New Wave of “What Ifs?”
Have we entered a new golden age of counterfactual history? It is too early to…
Hearing History through the Sounds of Sesame Street
Could you briefly describe your project? I use the sounds of Sesame Street, a children’s…
“The Ones I’m Missing”: Roots, Episode 4
Erica Armstrong Dunbar is the Blue and Gold Professor of Black Studies and History at…
“I Decided to Live”: Roots, Episode 3
Erica Armstrong Dunbar is the Blue and Gold Professor of Black Studies and History at…
“Never Let Them Put the Chains on Your Mind”: Roots, Episode 2
Erica Armstrong Dunbar is the Blue and Gold Professor of Black Studies and History at…
“The Shame Is Not Ours”: Roots, Episode 1
Erica Armstrong Dunbar is the Blue and Gold Professor of Black Studies and History at…