Resources
We invite you to browse the Consortium’s collection of resources on articles, books and movies, as well as the discussion guides designed to spark discussion among students and others.
Room
Directed by: Lenny Abrahamson
The American movie industry is full swing into awards season, and one of the ...
Ex Machina
Directed by: Alex Garland
What an extraordinary performance by newcomer Alicia Vikander. The way she is ...
A Walk in the Woods
Directed by: Ken Kwapis
Bill Bryson’s report of his attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail, entitled A Walk ...
The Help
Directed by: Tate Taylor
Race has always been a controversial and deeply divisive topic in the movies. Ever ...
World Gone Wrong
The Hunger Games By: Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press, 2008)
In her trilogy The Hunger Games Suzanne ...
Merrily We Roll Along
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life By: William Deresiewicz ...
The Poisonwood Bible
By: Barbara Kingsolver (New York: HarperCollins, 1998)
Summary:
The five members of the Price ...
Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood is Quentin Tarantino’s most recent movie and ...
Grace Abounding
Gilead By: Marilynne Robinson (New York: Picador, 2006)
Some may triply wonder why I would use this space ...
Midnight in Paris
Directed by: Woody Allen
The question has been around for centuries: of all the times in human history, ...
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
By: Michelle Alexander (New York: The New Press, 2010)
Summary:
“More African American adults are under ...