The National Film Registry has selected 25 films to be preserved by the Library of Congress, including: • Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) • Super Fly (1972) • Hairspray (1988) • The Little Mermaid (1989) • Iron Man (2008) • Pariah (2011)
Hairspray, House Party, When Harry Met Sally, The Little Mermaid, which was directed by Gordon Parks Jr., son of renowned photographer and filmmaker Gordon Parks. Another movie,, from 1950, made José Ferrer the first Hispanic actor to win an Oscar for Best Actor.
, filmed inside a state psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts, anddirected by Julia Reichert. She spent decades documenting working-class life in southern Ohio and learned of this film's inclusion shortly beforeThis year's selections include at least 15 films directed or co-directed by filmmakers of color, women or LGBTQ+ filmmakers.
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