The Boston Traveler

If you’re in the mood to take in a movie that explores a world unfamiliar to many people from the United States, then the Boston Public Library has a treat for you on Monday, April 14, from its current film and video series Making a Difference: Individuals Who Chose to Participate.
At 6pm EST, the Central branch will screen the critically acclaimed 1996 South African drama Tsotsi in Rabb Lecture Hall (700 Boylston Street, Copley Square, Boston, 617-536-5400). The selection is offered in conjunction with the library’s Choosing to Participate: Facing History and Ourselves exhibit on display through May 18, …read more

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What American who was at least a teenager, or possibly even younger, at the time doesn’t remember 1991? In October of that year, brave yet reluctant attorney Anita Hill was called before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.
Her appearance led to testimony regarding allegations that Thomas had sexually harassed her when they worked together in the 1980s. As profoundly tedious as I’ve always found most formal government and political proceedings, even I tuned in for parts of that very public, unseemly, televised sideshow.
Fortunately, Hill moved on to a highly successful …read more

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