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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

How America sees itself through film

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

News, On Point, Npr, Talk Show, Daily

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The National Film Registry names 25 movies each year that showcase the range and diversity of American filmmaking. How those movies reflect – and have shaped -- America’s history and culture.

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0:36.5

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0:39.8

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0:47.7

This is On Point. I'm Amory Seversyverson in for Megna Chakra Barney.

0:56.4

The Library of Congress has just inducted its latest 25 films into the National Film Registry, and the selection is eclectic.

1:05.9

The most recent of the films is from 2014. the oldest is from 1896.

1:11.6

Here's a taste of what made the cut.

1:14.6

Excuse me? The police are here. They asked for you.

1:20.6

Lucy, you know I don't speak Mexican.

1:22.6

I'm not the Mexican.

1:24.6

Great, what was that all about?

1:26.6

Lucy's from El Salvador. So? It's an entirely different country. All right, explain this to me like I'm a two-year-old, okay? Because there's an element to this thing. I just cannot get through my thick head. Didn't you have an obligation to tell your employer you had this dreaded, deadly, infectious kids listen to your mother she did if we were

1:47.1

having Tony Lowe that's it you've been my comrade my fellow artist my best friend but you've never

1:58.9

been my husband what did did you, chap?

2:01.9

You know how I knew you were human when he showed it back at base?

2:06.1

No.

2:08.6

Your earring.

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