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106 lines
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Python
# 2023 National Film Registry inductees with LOC descriptions
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# Source: https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/25-films-selected-for-preservation-in-national-film-registry/s/aa4bef48-95f6-486f-882d-110613633b1e
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NFR_2023 = {
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"A Movie Trip Through Filmland": {
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"year": 1921,
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"description": "Educational film about motion picture film stock production and cinema's global impact, shot at Kodak Park in Rochester, New York."
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},
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"Dinner at Eight": {
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"year": 1933,
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"description": "Pre-Code ensemble comedy-drama directed by George Cukor featuring an all-star cast in a high society setting adapted from a stage play."
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},
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"Bohulano Family Film Collection": {
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"year": 1950,
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"description": "Home movies documenting Filipino American community life in Stockton, California over 20 years, including family events and cultural gatherings."
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},
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"Helen Keller in Her Story": {
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"year": 1954,
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"description": "Academy Award-winning documentary using news footage, photographs, and interviews to chronicle Helen Keller's life from birth through her 70s."
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},
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"Lady and the Tramp": {
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"year": 1955,
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"description": "Animated love story between a cocker spaniel and a mutt, notable for technological innovation in CinemaScope release and memorable voice performances."
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},
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"Edge of the City": {
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"year": 1957,
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"description": "Psychological drama featuring John Cassavetes and Sidney Poitier about railroad workers, adapted from television drama emphasizing racial brotherhood."
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},
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"We're Alive": {
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"year": 1974,
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"description": "Documentary resulting from video workshops at California Institution for Women, capturing incarcerated participants discussing prison dehumanization and reform."
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},
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"Cruisin' J-Town": {
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"year": 1975,
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"description": "Documentary about jazz fusion band Hiroshima, documenting their artistic identity, Little Tokyo roots, and Asian American community influence in early 1970s LA."
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},
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"¡Alambrista!": {
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"year": 1977,
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"description": "Low-budget film shot documentary-style about a Mexican migrant laborer in the US, called the 'first and arguably best rendering of the Mexican American diaspora story.'"
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},
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"Passing Through": {
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"year": 1977,
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"description": "LA Rebellion film about a jazz artist released from prison who seeks artistic integrity and cultural preservation outside corporate music industry control."
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},
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"Fame": {
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"year": 1980,
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"description": "Musical drama following students at New York's High School of Performing Arts, influencing 1980s musicals with stylistic music video-like sequences."
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},
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"Desperately Seeking Susan": {
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"year": 1985,
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"description": "Hip screwball comedy involving personal ads and mistaken identity, serving as historical snapshot of 1980s New York City fashion, music, and Madonna's cultural presence."
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},
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"The Lighted Field": {
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"year": 1987,
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"description": "Avant-garde experimental work combining archival imagery with urban and domestic images, exploring themes of light, shadow, vitality, and mortality."
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},
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"Matewan": {
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"year": 1987,
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"description": "Historical drama depicting 1920 West Virginia coal mining unionization efforts, examining collective nonviolence against exploitation within individualistic culture."
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},
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"Home Alone": {
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"year": 1990,
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"description": "Holiday mega-hit starring Macaulay Culkin about a youngster using creativity and wit to defeat burglars while home alone at Christmas, becoming cultural classic."
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},
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"Queen of Diamonds": {
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"year": 1991,
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"description": "Experimental film by Nina Menkes set in Las Vegas, using extended silences and long takes to convey a blackjack dealer's solitary desert existence."
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},
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"Terminator 2: Judgment Day": {
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"year": 1991,
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"description": "Science fiction sequel retaining original virtues while adding nuanced characters, cutting-edge special effects, and marked transition from practical to CGI effects."
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},
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"The Nightmare Before Christmas": {
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"year": 1993,
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"description": "Stop-motion animated film conceived and produced by Tim Burton about Halloween Town's king bringing Christmas magic, becoming both holiday and Halloween tradition."
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},
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"The Wedding Banquet": {
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"year": 1993,
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"description": "Ground-breaking romantic comedy exploring cultural clashes between East and West when a gay Taiwanese American arranges marriage to satisfy traditional parents."
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},
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"Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision": {
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"year": 1994,
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"description": "Oscar-winning documentary by Freida Lee Mock about architect Maya Lin, exploring her Vietnam Veterans Memorial design and themes of artistic freedom and public art."
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},
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"Apollo 13": {
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"year": 1995,
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"description": "Meticulous, emotional retelling of the near-tragic 1970 space mission blending skillful editing, special effects, and masterful pacing of technological problem-solving."
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},
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"Bamboozled": {
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"year": 2000,
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"description": "Spike Lee satire exposing hypocrisy about an African American TV executive proposing racist blackface minstrel show that unexpectedly becomes hit, sparking outrage."
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},
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"Love & Basketball": {
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"year": 2000,
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"description": "Feature directorial debut by Gina Prince-Bythewood following boy and girl pursuing basketball careers while developing mutual affection, praised as refreshing rom-com approach."
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},
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"12 Years a Slave": {
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"year": 2013,
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"description": "Best Picture Oscar winner offering raw, visceral look at Louisiana plantation slavery based on Solomon Northup's 1853 memoir of kidnapping and 12-year enslavement."
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},
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"20 Feet from Stardom": {
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"year": 2013,
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"description": "Oscar-winning documentary by Morgan Neville featuring interviews with prominent backup singers whose essential musical contributions remain unrecognized in shadows."
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},
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}
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