Red, White And Blue On The Silver Screen

By Laura Lee,

Published July 3, 2014 at 9:50 AM EDT

Tomorrow, across the nation, Americans will celebrate our independence with parades, barbeques and fireworks. Some will celebrate the holiday with an annual viewing of their favorite patriotic film.

Just in time for the 4th of July, film experts Laura Boyes and Marsha Gordon discuss listeners' favorite and least favorite patriotic movies. Host Frank Stasio talks with Boyes, film curator at the North Carolina Museum of Art and Gordon, North Carolina State University film professor.

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Laura Lee

Laura Lee was the managing editor of The State of Things until mid February 2017. Born and raised in Monroe, North Carolina, Laura returned to the Old North state in 2013 after several years in Washington, DC. She received her B.A. in political science and international studies from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2002 and her J.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law in 2007.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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