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“42:” Jackie Robinson and America’s unfinished social agenda

April 19, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Courts, History, Human Rights, Literature/Arts/Film, Politics, Reproductive rights, Women One comment

The new movie, “42,” tells the should-be-well-known story of Jackie Robinson, the first black player in major league baseball. For American sports fans of

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Emperor: When you call a movie “historical,” it helps to include the history part

April 3, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Literature/Arts/Film 8 comments

Here’s a lesson I should have learned by now: Beware of movies claiming to be “based on a true story.” The trailer for “Emperor” hinted

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My Boy Jack, my boy George & political parables

January 5, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Literature/Arts/Film, War Leave a comment

My Boy Jack is a PBS historical drama that I stumbled upon [three years late!] over the New Year’s weekend. Based on a play

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Political movies have short “screen lives” in St. Louis

December 10, 2010 Arthur Lieber Literature/Arts/Film, Missouri region 2 comments

Recently,  twelve high-school  students and four staff members of our non-profit went to see the exciting political thriller, “Fair Game” at the Tivoli Theater  in University

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“The Most Dangerous Man in America,” available, at last, on DVD

September 24, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik History, Literature/Arts/Film, Media, War 4 comments

You have to be deep into middle age to know, first-hand, what Daniel Ellsberg did in the early 1970s to expose the top-level lies

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