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The Book That Lived

Alicia DeFonzo (Old Dominion University)

An English professor who loves the Harry Potter books brings a few lucky students each year to London to visit the magical sites from the fantasy series.

13 mins

Women in Westeros

Matthew Gabriele (Virginia Tech)

Is there any truth in the fantasy world of Game of Thrones? A look at how the women of Westeros gain and lose power in that fictional world of dragons and warfare.

15 mins

Outside Hollywood

L. Roi Boyd, III (Virginia State University)

When segregation and Jim Crow locked African Americans out of Hollywood, the first independent film industry was born.

24 mins

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