Media Library Special Events

Starring: Jack Black, Danny Glover, Mos Def

When Jerry becomes magnetized due to an accident at the local power plant, he accidentally erases all of the video tapes at the store where his friend works. The pair re-enact and re-film every film in the store from The Lion King to Ghostbusters to Back to the Future in this raucous comedy.

King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation.

By chronicling for a year the publication of Penn State University's Daily Collegian—one of the nation's leading student newspapers, with a 200-person staff and a circulation rivaling that of many small-town newspapers—this documentary reveals the many challenges and issues with which young journalists must contend. Interweaving the drama of pressure-cooker journalism with the energy and idealism of young people, THE PAPER explores the media from the fresh perspective of tomorrow's journalists. But the young reporters' dilemmas and decisions raise complicated questions about the role of the press in society. Do you lure readers by entertaining them or offering hard news? How can the media deliver the news when obstructed by wary public officials and misleading public relations campaigns? What is the media's responsibility to serve the public interest in all its diversity?

The Chances of the World Changing is an extraordinary documentary about one man’s unbelievable mission to save hundreds of species of turtles and tortoises from extinction – an epic story of conservation, perseverance, and hope in the face of a global crisis. 

For most of us, pageants conjure up smiling beauty-queen hopefuls parading around in bathing suits or glittery gowns. But most of us have never witnessed the Miss Navajo Nation competition. Inaugurated in 1952, this unique competition redefines “pageant” as an opportunity for young women to honor and strengthen Navajo culture.

Starring: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Tom “Bones Malone (UNT alum), “Blue Lou” Marini (UNT alum)

After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church stopped its support and will sell the place to the education authority, and the only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within 11 days. The brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the the money by staging a big gig. As they set off on their "mission from god" they seem to make more enemies along the way. Will they manage to come up with the money in time?

This event will be an outdoor film screening event on the north side of the Willis Library/Library Mall area. College of Music Jazz Studies students will perform from 7:00-8:30. The film will begin at 8:30.

Everything’s Cool is a "toxic comedy" about the most dangerous chasm ever to emerge between scientific understanding and political action - Global Warming. The good news: America finally gets global warming; the chasm is closing and the debate is over. The bad news: the United States, the country that will determine the fate of the globe, must transform its fossil fuel based economy fast, (like in a minute).