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I Want My MTV!, Part 1

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Class Schedule: February 11, 18, 25, 2027 | 7:30 – 9:00 PM

Part one explores the beginnings of music videos, from Fats Waller’s 1940s “soundies” to the Beatles’ promotional films to the Monkees TV series.  By the 1970s, countries such as Australia and England aired TV shows featuring promotional film clips, with Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” illustrating the genre’s early creativity. Michael Nesmith saw the potential of these programs in the US, helping to create what became MTV.

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Xala

Pollak Theatre and Lobby

Xala is a 1975 Senegalese satirical comedy film written and directed by Ousmane Sembene, an adaptation of Sembène’s 1973 novel of the same name. A corrupt politician is cursed with impotence on the night of his third wedding after embezzling 100 tons of rice.

Free & Open to the Public