Library of Congress: talks and concerts
289–336 of 8,304 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.
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| Little Ones | Films for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool. |
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| Kids | Cartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature. |
| Tweens | Documentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures. |
| Teens | Everything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower. |
| Adult | Sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage. |
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2024 National Book Festival: Friends’ Choice Civics Video Game Challenge Awards
Watch a special announcement of the Library of Congress Friends’ Choice Civics Video Game Challenge Award winners. Learn about the video games created by the…
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Emily Wilson and M.A.R. Habib: Ancient Wisdom in New Translations
Despite advancements in technology and medicine, the world confronts the same problems, such as war and xenophobia. At the 2024 Library of Congress National…
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Candace Fleming and Monica Hesse: Young Coders and Codebreakers in Wartime
Candace Fleming tells the true story of Station X, a secret home to teen girls who worked on code-cracking Nazi missives during World War II in “Enigma…
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Camonghne Felix and Safiya Sinclair: How Honest Can I Be?
How much is too much to reveal in a memoir? In “How to Say Babylon,” Safiya Sinclair explores her father’s religious fundamentalism and its effect on her. In…
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2024 National Book Festival: Getting Your Hands on History
Learn about the duplication services that the Library of Congress provides to authors, architects, historians, students, publishers, businesses, law firms,…
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Jeffrey Rosen and Carlos Lozada: Politicians on the Page
What our leaders wrote and read may be more revealing than they know, according to these two nonfiction books. “The Washington Book” by Carlos Lozada makes a…
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Nathalie Cabrol and Dante Lauretta: Life in Deep Space
What’s it like to peer deeply into space, to know so much about it and yet not know enough? Astrobiologist Nathalie A. Cabrol, author of “The Secret Life of…
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Marie Arana: ‘LatinoLand’
Journalist and writer Marie Arana took on the difficult task in her book “LatinoLand” to write an overview of Latino America, a group which comprises nearly…
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Meg Medina: The Grown-Ups Who Care for Us
When we are kids, we’re sometimes lucky enough to have amazing caregivers. Over time, we have to separate, whether we’re moving on or just getting older. Meg…
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How Leslie Uggams Chose Her Successful Roles
Emmy award-winning actress Leslie Uggams talks to the Library of Congress about the pivotal choices that shaped her groundbreaking career. From her Tony…
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Making the Economy Circular: Recycling Laws and Policies in Japan
Japan has a legal framework for waste reduction and forming a recycling-oriented society. Japanese people are reported as being conscientious in their efforts…
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Conversation with Windborne
Lynn Mahoney Rowan, Will Thomas Rowan and Lauren Breunig of Windborne sit down with Stephen Winick of the American Folklife Center. Along with Jeremy…
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Windborne: Old Songs, Bold Harmony
Windborne is Lynn Mahoney Rowan, Will Thomas Rowan, Lauren Breunig and Jeremy Carter-Gordon. The four singers grew up immersed in the traditional song and…
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Conspiracy Theories, Folklore and Belief
In this lecture, noted folklorist Andrea Kitta will discuss some definitions of conspiracy theories and how they fit into other belief traditions and…
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Conversation with Andrea Kitta
Following her Benjamin Botkin Lecture on “Conspiracy Theories, Folklore and Belief: Birds Aren’t Real, Loch Ness Monsters and Microchips, folklorist Andrea…
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The Rise and Expansion of Islam in Somalia
Mohamed Haji Mukhtar of Savannah State University takes visitors on a journey into a lesser-known chapter in the spread of Islam — its diffusion through the…
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National Librarians of Australia, Canada and New Zealand in Conversation with Carla Hayden
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden hosts her counterparts at three other institutions — Mary-Louise Ayres (National Library of Australia), Rachel Esson…
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Chronicling America: “Rights and Responsibilities” for National History Day
Explore rights and responsibilities in history and learn to use Chronicling America, a freely-available collection of historic American newspapers at the…
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Discussion of the Documentary Film ‘Sentenced’
Following the screening the 70-minute documentary “Sentenced” by Stephen and Ayesha Curry with the Children’s Literacy Project, panelists discussed the film’s…
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Constitution Day 2024: The Taft Supreme Court
In honor of Constitution Day, the Law Library hosts a discussion with Yale Law professor and former dean Robert Post on his book on the Taft-era Supreme…
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Tillie Walden: Ideas for Tomorrow
In a presentation subtitled “The Future of Queer Comics,” award-winning artist and author Tillie Walden discussed her career and process while also…
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George Rable: Conflict of Command
Author George C. Rable talked about his new book, “Conflict of Command: George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln and the Politics of War” with Library specialists…
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Cuéntame! Let’s Talk Books with Christina Soontornvat
Meg Medina is joined by the multi-talented Christina Soontornvat: a journalist, a fantasy author and… an engineer? The two talk about how Chrstina’s…
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Cuéntame! Let’s Talk Books with Andrea Beatriz Arango
Meg Medina talks with Andrea Beatriz Arango, a dynamic author who writes about characters in tough predicaments with grace and affection. A Newbery and Pura…
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Modern Maps of Afghanistan and Their Critics
In a presentation entitled “Surveying the Surveyors: Modern Maps of Afghanistan and Their Critics,” Shah Mahmoud Hanifi, professor of history at James Madison…
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Mapping in the Islamic Tradition: Ṣūrat al-Arḍ
In a presentation entitled “Ṣūrat al-Arḍ: Ways of Seeing Islamic Depictions of the World and Beyond,” Karen Pinto, associate scholar of religious studies at…
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Conversation with 2024 NEA Heritage Fellows Fabian Debora and Rosie Flores
Two 2024 National Heritage Fellows, Chicano muralist Fabian Debora and rockabilly and country musician Rosie Flores, spoke with Allina Migoni of the American…
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Latino Poets Spotlight
Poets Juan Felipe Herrera (former U.S. Poet Laureate), Ruth Behar and Maria Kelson read from their work and discuss their creative processes. The…
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Kwame Anthony Appiah on Race
In a series of reflections on keywords from his work, Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses concepts including race. Appiah is the recipient of the the 2024 John W.…
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Kwame Anthony Appiah on Identity
In a series of reflections on keywords from his work, Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses concepts including identity. Appiah is the recipient of the the 2024 John…
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Kwame Anthony Appiah on Pluralism
In a series of reflections on keywords from his work, Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses concepts including pluralism. Appiah is the recipient of the the 2024…
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Kwame Anthony Appiah on Facts and Values
In a series of reflections on keywords from his work, Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses concepts including facts and values. Appiah is the recipient of the the…
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Kwame Anthony Appiah on Ethics
In a series of reflections on keywords from his work, Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses concepts including ethics. Appiah is the recipient of the the 2024 John…
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Kwame Anthony Appiah on Cosmopolitanism
In a series of reflections on keywords from his work, Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses concepts including cosmopolitanism. Appiah is the recipient of the the…
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Kwame Anthony Appiah on Conversation
In a series of reflections on keywords from his work, Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses concepts including conversation. Appiah is the recipient of the the 2024…
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2024 Kluge Prize Ceremony
At a ceremony at the Library of Congress, philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah received the 2024 John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity from…
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The Story of Amelia Dawley’s Song
David Harrington, incoming Kluge Chair in Modern Culture at the Library of Congress, spoke about the creative process in writing a new composition for the…
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Conversation with Skye Consort and Emma Björling
Stephen Winick sat down with Emma Björling, Seán Dagher, Amanda Keesmaat and Simon Alexandre following their concert at the Library. Skye Consort and Emma…
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Skye Consort and Emma Björling: Music from Britain and Scandanavia
Skye Consort and Emma Björling perform transatlantic music from Scandinavia, Ireland, the British Isles and French Canada, as well as tunes of their own…
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War and Lawmaking: Recent Legal Developments in Israel
On October 7, 2023, Israel experienced a coordinated brutal attack by Hamas. The attack resulted in the killing of over 1,200 Israelis and nationals of other…
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The Untamed Landscape in Nordic Lit with Josefine Klougart and Hanna Pylväinen
Nordic authors Hanna Pylväinen (“The End of Drum-Time”) and Josefine Klougart (“On Darkness”) move beyond stereotypical assumptions about how the Nordic…
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Nordic Lit: How Well Do We Know Our Loved Ones?
The characters of these novels set in Nordic lands are keeping secrets, sometimes from themselves. Authors Hanne Ørstavik (“Ti Amo”), Moa Herngren (“The…
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Music in Jack Arnold’s and Henry Mancini’s Episodes of ‘Peter Gunn’
Reba Wissner discusses the music of “Peter Gunn” (1958-1961), the first television series that implemented original scoring rather than library music for…
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Henry Mancini at 100
Opening the 2024-2025 season was a sparkling September mini festival celebrating an iconic figure in American music. Henry Mancini’s unforgettable scores for…
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Conversation: Mancini at 100
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Henry Mancini, the Library’s Susan H. Vita was joined by music producer Gregg Field, pianist Shelly…
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An Overview of Public International Law
This webinar provides an introduction to the five sources of international law, as defined by Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice…
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The Supreme Court and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
A panel of distinguished legal experts will discuss Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, from varying perspectives, from…
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Cuéntame! Let’s Talk Books with Chelsea Clinton
Would you believe that, Chelsea Clinton, author, public health aficionado, professor and former White House inhabitant also loves the Berenstain Bears? In…