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.
Suffragette
Directed by: Sarah Gavron
Suffragette is a serviceable look into the history of feminism by way of the ...
Argo
Directed by: Ben Affleck
Argo, the Academy Award winner for Best Picture in a year that may be the best ...
Rose-Colored Glasses
Clinton, Bill "The Case for Optimism: From Technology to Equality, Five Ways the World is Getting Better All the ...
Trumbo
Directed by: Jay Roach
Trumbo is that rare movie that shows a truly great, truly versatile actor at his ...
Locke
Directed by: Steven Knight
Sometimes a movie’s makers take the chance to do something innovative in the ...
Minions
Directed by: Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud
Minions is as cute and hilarious as expected. Funny, isn’t ...
Prayer, Healing and Scientific Research
Brown, Candy Gunther "Testing Prayer: Can Science Prove the Healing Power of Prayer?" Huff Post March 2, ...
Cashing In On Big Ideas
Poe, Marshall "Meme Weaver: The Author Tries—and Fails—to Cash in on a Big Idea" The Atlantic Monthly (October ...
Something to Rejoice About
Graham, Ruth "New England’s Quiet Christian Revival" The Week (January 8, 2105)
Too often the news for ...
The Shawshank Redemption
Columbia Pictures, 1994; Directed by Frank Darabont; Starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, & Bob Gunton; ...
Boyhood
IFC Films, 2014; Directed by Richard Linklater; Starring Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, & ...
Dope
Directed by: Rick Famuyiwa
Dope is an angry, at times ugly, at times funny slice-of-life drama about life ...