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Movies, documentaries, book talks, panel discussions, and more! Check out our archive of educational programming — made for researching students, history lovers, and the curious-minded.

Labor History

Virtual Tenement Talk: The Chinese Question

In honor of her 2022 Bancroft Prize-winning book, 'The Chinese Question', author and...

Immigration Policy

Virtual Tenement Talk: One Quarter of the Nation

How have immigrants shaped our country today? In her groundbreaking new book, One...

Women's History

Virtual Tenement Talk: Beautiful Country

In Beautiful Country, Wang shares a poignant and necessary memoir of her experiences as an...

Latino History & Culture

Virtual Book Talk: Latino USA

A marvelous representation of a lifelong ambition to capture the multi-dimensions and...

Lower East Side History

Virtual Tenement Concert: A History in Nuyorican Jazz

Broadcasted from our recreated 1960s living room, this special Tenement Concert featured...

Lower East Side History

Virtual Book Talk: Windows on the Bowery

With its ties to history and pop culture, the Bowery is possibly one of the most...

Black History & Culture

Virtual Tenement Talk: Moon and the Mars

Set between the years of 1853 and 1863, 'Moon and the Mars' follows Theo's coming of age...

Lower East Side History

Virtual Book Talk: Stitching a Life

In 1900, Helen flees persecution in Lithuania and travels by steerage to the Lower East...

Lower East Side History

Virtual Book Talk: DIY on the Lower East Side

In the throes of the 1975 New York fiscal crisis, New York City was crumbling. Deemed as...

Health & Medicine

Virtual Book Talk: Topography of Wellness

Beginning in the Industrial Revolution, 'The Topography of Wellness' examines landscape...

Refugee Stories

Virtual Book Talk:  Mango and Peppercorns

Watch a free virtual talk with Tung Nguyen, Katherine Manning, and Lyn Nguyen, authors...

Refugee Stories

Virtual Book Talk: A is for Asylum Seeker

Watch a virtual talk with the creators of A is for Asylum Seeker: Words for People on...

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