# 2017 National Film Registry inductees with LOC descriptions
# Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-17-178

NFR_2017 = {
    "Ace in the Hole": {
        "year": 1951,
        "description": "A deeply cynical look at journalism featuring Kirk Douglas as a reporter exploiting a cave rescue story for national prominence."
    },
    "Boulevard Nights": {
        "year": 1979,
        "description": "Documentary-style depiction of Chicano youth navigating gang life in East Los Angeles, shot with community participation."
    },
    "Die Hard": {
        "year": 1988,
        "description": "Bruce Willis stars as a cop battling terrorists in an LA office tower; gripping action sequences and well-crafted humor made it a major hit."
    },
    "Dumbo": {
        "year": 1941,
        "description": "Disney's tale of an elephant with large ears learning to fly, praised for lovely drawing, original score, and uplifting message."
    },
    "Field of Dreams": {
        "year": 1989,
        "description": "Kevin Costner's story of an Iowa farmer building a baseball diamond; a story of redemption and faith."
    },
    "4 Little Girls": {
        "year": 1997,
        "description": "Spike Lee's documentary examining the 1963 church bombing in Birmingham that killed four children, sensitively rendered."
    },
    "Fuentes Family Home Movies Collection": {
        "year": 1920,
        "description": "Home movies from Corpus Christi capturing Mexican-American community life, among the earliest visual records."
    },
    "Gentleman's Agreement": {
        "year": 1947,
        "description": "1947 Best Picture winner exploring anti-Semitism through a journalist posing as Jewish to understand discrimination firsthand."
    },
    "The Goonies": {
        "year": 1985,
        "description": "Steven Spielberg-produced adventure about outsider kids on a treasure hunt with Tom Sawyeresque charm."
    },
    "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner": {
        "year": 1967,
        "description": "Spencer Tracy's final film addressing interracial marriage with Katharine Hepburn and Sidney Poitier delivering powerful performances."
    },
    "He Who Gets Slapped": {
        "year": 1924,
        "description": "MGM's first complete production featuring Lon Chaney as a scientist-turned-circus clown in an early creepy clown film."
    },
    "Interior New York Subway, 14th Street to 42nd Street": {
        "year": 1905,
        "description": "Early actuality film documenting the newly opened subway, coordinating three trains for the filming."
    },
    "La Bamba": {
        "year": 1987,
        "description": "Luis Valdez's biopic of Ritchie Valens, rock's first Mexican-American superstar, with Lou Diamond Phillips in the lead role."
    },
    "Lives of Performers": {
        "year": 1972,
        "description": "Yvonne Rainer's experimental film described as a stark and revealing examination of romantic alliances."
    },
    "Memento": {
        "year": 2000,
        "description": "Christopher Nolan's breakthrough thriller told non-linearly to mirror the protagonist's short-term memory loss."
    },
    "Only Angels Have Wings": {
        "year": 1939,
        "description": "Howard Hawks' aviation melodrama starring Cary Grant as a hard-talking air freight company head with dazzling air sequences."
    },
    "The Sinking of the Lusitania": {
        "year": 1918,
        "description": "Winsor McCay's propaganda animation combining multiple techniques to document the ship's sinking and protest isolationism."
    },
    "Spartacus": {
        "year": 1960,
        "description": "Stanley Kubrick-directed epic with Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier; helped end the Hollywood blacklist by hiring blacklisted writer."
    },
    "Superman": {
        "year": 1978,
        "description": "Richard Donner's origins story making audiences believe a man can fly with Christopher Reeve's iconic performance."
    },
    "Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser": {
        "year": 1988,
        "description": "Charlotte Zwerin's documentary blending interviews and concert footage, reminding viewers Monk was as important a jazz composer as pianist."
    },
    "Time and Dreams": {
        "year": 1976,
        "description": "Mort Jordan's personal documentary contrasting nostalgia with civil rights activism in rural Alabama."
    },
    "Titanic": {
        "year": 1997,
        "description": "James Cameron's epic retelling the maritime disaster; big, bold, touchingly uncynical filmmaking becoming a cultural phenomenon."
    },
    "To Sleep with Anger": {
        "year": 1990,
        "description": "Charles Burnett's domestic drama exploring cultural conflicts within a Black family through a storyteller character."
    },
    "Wanda": {
        "year": 1971,
        "description": "Barbara Loden's character study of an isolated Pennsylvania woman, considered one of the finest works of independent cinema."
    },
    "With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain": {
        "year": 1937,
        "description": "Documentary shot during the Spanish Civil War featuring work by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa."
    },
}