The video of our webinar with Esther Safran Foer about her book I Want You to Know We're Still Here is now online. Here you can also watch or rewatch the video's of our previous online events with Roger Ross Williams and Francis Fukuyama.
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Spike Lee turns his sights on Vietnam in his next film Da 5 Bloods, an action-adventure tale about four black veterans who return to Vietnam more than 40 years after the war, premiering June 12th on Netflix. Click here to watch the trailer. Spike Lee visited the John Adams in 2010.
The New York Times writes how the the economic downturn is devastating for renters, who are more likely to be lower-income and work jobs cut during the pandemic. The result could be an avalanche of evictions. In 2018 Matthew Desmond visited the John Adams to discuss his book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.