About the Series:
\n2026 marks the United States&rsquo\; \;semiquincentennial&nb sp\;&ndash\; its 250th birthday! Join us to celebrate the big birthday all year long with a monthly film selection showing the people from the past and present that had a hand in creating these United States. Get a monthly cinematic glimpse of what \;America \;looks like! \;
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About the Films:
&ensp\;&ensp\;&en sp\;&ensp\; \; \;Narrated by actor James Mason\, this is an award- winning animated telling of Edgar Allen Poe's classic tale of guilt of a m adman who thinks he is sane. \;
\n\; \; \; \; Shirley Ja ckson's most famous short story of the scapegoat in modern society is show n with overwhelming suspense as the citizens of a small American town gath er for the annual ritual of stoning on of its citizens to death. \;
\n\; \; \; \; The consequences of tampering wit h nature and the rejection of conventional morality are themes used by Nat haniel Hawthorne in this short story of how Dr. Heidigger's experiment wit h water from the fountain of youth brings out the true characters of four old friends.
\n\; \; \; \; An adaptation of the short s tory of the same title by Ray Bradbury\, in which the advanced technology of a house first pleases and then increasingly terrifies its occupants.
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About the Film Collection
\nThe 16mm film collection has been part of the Library's holdings for over 55 years. It began in the 1960s\, and its first films were part o f the City of Miami&rsquo\;s public library before there was a county libr ary. When MDPLS was formed\, the County supplemented its local funding for films with Federal LSCA (Library Services and Construction Act) grants. A part from leased feature films\, all films were purchased for free exhibit ion for the life of the print. Subjects within the collection include expe rimental/avant-garde art films\, non-narrated films\, children&rsquo\;s fi lms\, Black history\, Floridiana\, and local history. Today\, there are ov er 4\,000 films within the collection.
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About the Div
ision of Special Collections &\; Archives
Miami-Dade P ublic Library System&rsquo\;s Division of Special Collections &\; Archi ves holds rare and irreplaceable historical documents for the benefit of t he public and scholarly community. They oversee the Helen Muir Florida Col lection\, 16mm Film Collection\, Cuban Collection of Rare Books &\; Eph emera\, Genealogy Collection\, The Vasari Project\, and rare &\; antiqu arian books from as early as the 17th century. The Division's primary goal is to provide the public with the contents of the vault at their request. Its collections include rare books\, original manuscripts\, over 18\,000 photographs\, prints\, artifacts\, audiovisual resources\, and electronic media.
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