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The Source
18 curated works.
After-hoursIdentityLongingPower
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The Source
1990s
The blues as it was before it crossed the Atlantic. Malian guitar as the root of everything.
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My 21st Century Blues
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My 21st Century Blues
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Music
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Carries a strong pull into television through power and after-hours.
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The Republic
Essays
The Republic
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and migration.
The Souls of Black Folk
Essays
The Souls of Black Folk
Carries a strong pull into music through identity and power.
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The Sopranos
Television
The Sopranos
Carries a strong pull into music through power and after-hours.
The Wire
Television
The Wire
Carries a strong pull into music through power and South Asia.
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The Sopranos
Television · Strong bridge
The Sopranos
1990s
A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.
PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
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The Brothers Karamazov
1880s
Three brothers and a murdered father. Faith, reason, and the problem of evil.
MemoryMigrationFolklore
Angel's Egg
Anime · Strong bridge
Angel's Egg
1980s
Features 5 nurses working at the secret service at International Medical Center. (Source: CDJapan)
FolkloreIdentitySurveillance
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The Godfather
1970s
The Corleone family saga. Power, loyalty, and the corruption of the American dream.
PowerAfter-hoursLonging
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Essays 1900s
The Souls of Black Folk
Double consciousness and the color line. The founding text of African American intellectual tradition.
IdentityPowerRitualModernity
The Wire
Television 2000s
The Wire
Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.
PowerSurveillanceNatureUrban isolation
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Books 1960s
The Woman in the Dunes
A man trapped in a sand pit. Existential allegory of stunning power, source of Teshigahara's film.
PowerMemoryMigrationFolklore
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Music 1990s
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Soul, hip-hop, and reggae fused into a deeply personal statement of faith, love, and independence.
LongingIdentityPowerAfter-hours
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Anime 2020s
Dorohedoro
A man with a lizard head searches for the sorcerer who cursed him. Grimy, weird, and wonderful.
FolkloreIdentitySurveillanceModernity
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Film 1920s
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Joan's trial in extreme close-up. The human face as the landscape of silent cinema.
NatureAfter-hoursLongingUrban isolation
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