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A vintage poster for Sicilia shows an anthropomorphized clay post in front of ancient ruins. The pot wears a neck scarf and a skirt made of greenery and fruit. The sun is its head.
Oct 8, 2026
The Sicilian Defense
Rating: PG-13
B.A. Van Sise
B.A. Van Sise

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A vintage poster for Sicilia shows an anthropomorphized clay post in front of ancient ruins. The pot wears a neck scarf and a skirt made of greenery and fruit. The sun is its head.
Oct 8, 2026
The Sicilian Defense
Rating: PG-13
A yellow poster for The Shining. There is a horrified face reflected in the T of "The."
Sep 24, 2026
How Saul Bass Brought a Shine to a Kubrick Classic
Rating: PG-13
Poster of a young boy with his hand out.
Sep 10, 2026
Ben Shahn: The Time Is Ripe
Rating: PG-13
A yellow poster for the play The Front Page. A man in brown pants and suspenders sits on a desk speaking into a candlestick telephone.
Aug 27, 2026
Story Pitches & Advertising Pitches: Selling Newspapers
Rating: PG-13
An orange poster for the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner with black-and-white photographs on it. The largest photograph is of a couple—the man is Black and the woman is white. There are two small portraits at the bottom of the poster: one is of an older white man and the other is of an older white woman.
Aug 13, 2026
After Act Black: Film Posters for a New Generation
Rating: PG-13
Vintage image of a woman looking down at a woman lying down on a bed.
Jul 28, 2026
A Career Deferred: Fredi Washington and Hollywood’s Color Line
Rating: G
Jul 16, 2026
Made in Cuba
Rating: G
A poster of an illustrated woman smoking in front of a green and yellow night skyline with a Black man's face smiling down.
Jul 2, 2026
Act Black: An Interview with Curator Es-pranza Humphrey
Rating: G
A poster of three yellow cartoon figures with a pink x on their torsos on an orange background.
Jun 18, 2026
AIDS & Its Meanings
Rating: PG-13
Poster of a woman in a yellow outfit in front of a tiled wall with colorful paint text on it.
Jun 4, 2026
Blackface / Boldface / Typeface: The Black Image & the Word
Rating: G
vintage poster advertising the film The Flying Ace
May 20, 2026
Detroit Design Week: Posters and Black History
Rating: G
A poster of a man in uniform sitting down and reading a book on top of a green rectangle.
May 6, 2026
Reading in Wartime?
Rating: G
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