The early plastic called celluloid was made of nitrocellulose and camphor. It made for spectacular pictures. It also made for spectacular fires.

Rising from the ranks of touring comedies and Wild West shows, the American dancer dreamed of a future of light, movement, and metamorphosis.

Writer and academic, teacher and activist. Read and share some of her foundational work.

The silent film star once known as Baby Peggy reminisces about how, decades before #TimesUp, children and women were exploited by Hollywood.

When we have the choice to look, we are bound ethically and politically to what we witness and what we do with what we have seen.