DR. DERRICK GAY ON DIVERSITY IN LIBRARY COLLECTIONS
PBS Books interviewed diversity and educational consultant Dr. Derrick Gay on "Reframing Diversity in the 21st Century Library," exploring the necessity of library collections to include mirrors in which students are able to see themselves and connect with others who are different as a way to deepen inclusion. He spoke at the Michigan Library Association Conference.
SCREENING SUCCESS!
PBS Books is thrilled to announce more than 375 library screenings of PBS films (CHASING THE MOON, STONEWALL RIOTS, and COUNTRY MUSIC) in partnership with more than 100 local stations and national producing stations (WGBH and WETA) since June 2019. These partnerships could not be possible without YOU! Thank you. We'll share a summary of the evaluation results of COUNTRY MUSIC in mid-December.
COUNTRY MUSIC Partner Libraries: If you have not completed the online SurveyMonkey Library Partner Survey, please complete it by December 3, 2019 at 5pm ET.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PBS SCREENINGS WITH PBS BOOKS
In collaboration with WETA, a major producing station for PBS, and your local station, PBS Books is pleased to announce an opportunity for libraries to share previews of the new films in your communities. An approximately 30-minute screening reel was exclusively designed for community engagement events.
You know your communities best, and the best film(s) to share in your library.
PBS Books Screening Partner List of Benefits:
- A collaborator in your outreach efforts
- Thought-partner
- Connector to experts and scholars
- Trouble-shooter
- Connector to your local station (if you don't have a relationship already)
You also get:
- PBS Booklists
- Event In A Box (including the screener, press release, template posters, bookmarks)
- Additional Educational Resources
- Evaluation Analysis and Report of Libraries and their participants Post-Event
You may apply to show any or all of the below films:
EAST LAKE MEADOWS: A PUBLIC HOUSING STORY
KEN BURNS PRESENTS THE GENE: AN INTIMATE HISTORY
ASIAN AMERICANS
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE VOTE (coming soon)
Note: Each film requires a separate application.
Contact Heather Montilla at hmontilla@pbsbooks.org or 917.721.6910 with any questions.
EAST LAKE MEADOWS: A PUBLIC HOUSING STORY
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS JANUARY 15, 2020. Applications will be reviewed and approved on a rolling-basis.
Screenings may be held between February 1, 2020 and April 7, 2020. Screenings should be requested at least 3 weeks prior to the event.
The film will premiere on PBS on March 24, 2020.
In 1970, the Atlanta Housing Authority opened a public housing community on the edge of Atlanta called East Lake Meadows. Over the next 25 years, many thousands of low-income Atlantans, mostly African American, would call it home.
In the mid-1990s, Atlanta bulldozed the housing project to make way for new, mixed-income housing. Through stories from former residents, this two-hour film raises critical questions about public housing, and how we, as a nation, have created concentrated poverty and limited housing opportunities for African Americans, and what can be done to address it. Executive Produced by Ken Burns, EAST LAKE MEADOWS: A PUBLIC HOUSING STORY is a feature-length documentary directed and produced by Sarah Burns and David McMahon.
If you are interested in screening this film, please complete the following application HERE >
KEN BURNS PRESENTS THE GENE: AN INTIMATE HISTORY
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS JANUARY 31, 2020.
Screenings may be held between February 1 and May 31, 2020.
The film will premiere on April 7 and April 14, 2020.
KEN BURNS PRESENTS THE GENE: AN INTIMATE HISTORY is a two-part, four-hour limited series developed with Ken Burns, Barak Goodman and Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the book upon which the documentary is based.
The series uses science, social history, and personal stories to weave together a historical biography of the human genome while also exploring the stunning breakthroughs in understanding the impact genes play on heredity, disease, and behavior. The documentary is a journey through key genetics discoveries that are some of the greatest achievements in the history of science.
If you are interested in sharing the screening with your community, please complete the following application here >
ASIAN AMERICANS
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 14, 2020.
Screenings may be held between April 7, 2020 and July 15, 2020.
The film will premiere on PBS in mid-May 2020.
May is Asian/Pacific Heritage Month.
ASIAN AMERICANS is a five-hour film series that will chronicle the contributions, and challenges of Asian Americans, the fastest growing ethnic group in America. Personal histories and new academic research will cast a new lens on U.S. history and the role Asian Americans have played in it.
ASIAN AMERICANS will look at ways in which the Asian experience in the U.S. illuminates the larger American story and explore the role Asian Americans have played in the evolution of the American identity, in the context of migration, diversity and global connectedness.
If you are interested in sharing the screening with your community, please complete the following application here >
MORE OPPORTUNITY IN 2020...STAY TUNED
In the new year, we'll be able to share more about AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: The Vote. PBS Books is excited to partner with the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and local PBS stations to enable libraries to share a community engagement screening reel in their communities to celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the 19th Amendment. Libraries can begin hosting screenings as early as May. The film will premiere in Summer 2020. Applications will be available in early 2020.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE VOTE
One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, THE VOTE tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history.
In its final decade, from 1909 to 1920, movement leaders wrestled with contentious questions about the most effective methods for affecting social change, debating the use of militant, even violent tactics, as well as hunger strikes and relentless public protests. The battle also upended previously accepted ideas about the proper role of women in American society and challenged the definitions of citizenship and democracy. Exploring how and why millions of 20th-century Americans mobilized for - and against - women's suffrage, THE VOTE brings to life the unsung leaders of the movement and the deep controversies over gender roles and race that divided Americans then - and continue to dominate political discourse today.