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Instructions for streaming videos

The Boston Public Library has two different video streaming programs:

It is FREE to access both with a BPL eCard, which means they are FREE  to anyone at Milton:

Movies to stream

Moonlight

A young black man struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.

God's Own Country

Johnny works long hours in brutal isolation on his family's farm in the north of England. When a handsome Romanian migrant worker arrives, an intense relationship forms between the two. BAFTA winner

The Last Man in San Francisco

Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. As he struggles to reconnect with his family and reconstruct the community he longs for, his hopes blind him to the reality of his situation. Official Selection at the Sundance Film Festival, and BFI London Film Festival.

The Assistant

Jane, an aspiring film produce and junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul becomes increasingly aware of the abuse that insidiously colors every aspect of her workday, an accumulation of degradations against which she decides to take a stand.

Documentaries to stream

Whose streets?

A documentary about the murder of Mike Brown and the Ferguson Uprising

I Am Not Your Negro

A documentary based on the unfinished work by James Baldwin about the Civil Rights Movement.

Dark Girls

A documentary about Colorism and prejudice against Black women and girls with darker skin.

The Central Park Five

A Ken Burns documentary about the Central Park Five, a group of wrongfully accused Black and Latinx boys

Show Me Democracy

Amidst the uprising in Ferguson, MO, seven St. Louis college students evolve into activists as they demand change through policy and protest.

White Like Me

Explores race and racism in the US through the lens of white privilege and offers a look back at the race-based white entitlement programs that built the American middle class.