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Power, Corruption & Lies
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Power, Corruption & Lies
Carries a strong pull into film through power and after-hours.
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Why Nations Fail The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Carries a strong pull into television through power and after-hours.
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The Power of Myth
Carries a strong pull into books through power and folklore.

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The Power Broker
Carries a strong pull into film through power and Southern Europe.
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Line of Duty
Carries a strong pull into music through power and after-hours.

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Succession
Carries a strong pull into music through power and Southern Europe.
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Succession
2010s
A media dynasty's children compete for their father's empire. Power, family, and self-destruction.
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Anna Karenina
1870s
A married aristocrat's affair and its consequences. The Russian novel at full power.
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Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us
2010s
Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us is a 2018 anime title tied to Tetsuo Yajima and Shinji Miyazaki and Japan. It keeps the animated field legible through atmosphere, genre range, and exact-title recall.
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The Godfather
1970s
The Corleone family saga. Power, loyalty, and the corruption of the American dream.
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Essays 1970s
The Power Broker
Robert Moses and the fall of New York. The greatest biography ever written about power.

Television 2010s
Line of Duty
An anti-corruption unit investigates bent coppers. British procedural at its most gripping.
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Books 2000s
Cloud Atlas
Six nested stories spanning centuries. Reincarnation, power, and the architecture of narrative.
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Music 2000s
Grabbing for Power EP
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Film 1960s
Woman in the Dunes
An entomologist trapped in a sand pit with a woman. Existential allegory of stunning visual power.
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Essays 1980s
The Power of Myth
*The Power of Myth* launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people. To him, mythology was the "song of the universe, the music of the spheres." With Bill Moyers, one of America's most p...