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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
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A Love Supreme
Carries a strong pull into film through longing and power.
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A Seat at the Table
Carries a strong pull into television through power and after-hours.
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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
Carries a strong pull into music through power and identity.
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A Room of One's Own
Carries a strong pull into books through identity and migration.
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Show Me a Hero
Carries a strong pull into music through power and after-hours.
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A Mighty Wind
Carries a strong pull into books through power and longing.
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Television · Strong bridge
Show Me a Hero
2010s
A mayor battles public housing integration in Yonkers. Policy as tragedy.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
1960s
A lawyer defends a Black man in Depression-era Alabama. Justice through a child's eyes.
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Music · Strong bridge
A Love Supreme
1960s
A four-part spiritual suite. Jazz as prayer, devotion, and transcendence.
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March Comes in Like a Lion
2010s
A teenage shogi prodigy battles loneliness and depression. Found family and quiet resilience.
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Film 2000s
A Mighty Wind
Three folk groups reunite for a memorial concert. Christopher Guest's mockumentary finds unexpected warmth inside the joke.
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Books 1990s
A Fine Balance
Four characters navigate India's Emergency period. Compassion and cruelty in precise balance.
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Music 2010s
A Seat at the Table
Black womanhood, anger, and healing. R&B as political and personal manifesto.
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Anime 2010s
A Place Further Than the Universe
Four girls journey to Antarctica. Friendship, loss, and the courage to leave.
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Film 2000s
A Prophet
A young Arab man rises through the French prison system. Crime cinema as sociological study.
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Essays 1920s
A Room of One's Own
A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write. Feminism's foundational essay.