National Film Registry adds Return of the Jedi and Rings film
The Library of Congress selected 25 titles for preservation including Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi The Fellowship of the Ring The Nightmare on Elm Street Selena Sounder Wall E Flowers and Trees and films addressing racially motivated violence such as The Murder of Fred Hampton Who Killed Vincent Chin Requiem 29 Cooley High and The Watermelon Woman.
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Los Angeles
Jennifer Lopez
Cicely Tyson
Library of Congress
Lopez
Sele
Na’ and Tyson
National Library
Carla Hayden
Librarian of Congress
National Film Registry
Hayden
Jacqueline Stewart
Turner Classic Movies
Peter Jackson
Fran Walsh
Philippa Boyens
Pixar
Wall-E
Disney
Fred Hampton
Vincent Chin
New York Gangs Shape Spielberg West Side Story Rewrite
A rewritten West Side Story retells the Jets and Sharks turf wars set against 1950s New York slum clearances. Steven Spielberg emphasizes Puerto Rican displacement and community, reimagining Tony and Maria as Latino leads with Spanish vows and a culturally rooted romance.
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White Jets
Spielberg
New York City
San Juan Hill
Lincoln Center For the
Maria
Tony
Zegler
Natalie Wood
Moreno
Ansel Elgort
Jets
Riff
Mike Faist
Steven Spielberg
20Th Century Studios
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Valentina
Doc
Steven
Rita
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Localiq Recruitment
Ieletyn
MKD
Stan Hubbell