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  • A Love Supreme Music · 1960s

    A four-part spiritual suite. Jazz as prayer, devotion, and transcendence.

    RitualLongingFolklore
  • good kid, m.A.A.d city Music · 2010s

    A Compton teenager's story as short film. Hip-hop's greatest coming-of-age narrative.

    Urban isolationPowerAfter-hours
  • 20 Fingers Film · 2000s

    Seven vignettes of Iranian couples arguing about gender, power, and freedom — shot inside a car. Akbari's confrontational companion to Kiarostami's Ten.

    After-hoursPowerLonging
  • To Kill a Mockingbird Books · 1960s

    A lawyer defends a Black man in Depression-era Alabama. Justice through a child's eyes.

    PowerMemoryMigration
  • After their parents' deaths, brother and sister Akito and Akiko Himenokouji were forced to live with separate families for six years. But now they have finally reunited and begin to live together. It quickly becomes apparent that Akiko harbors romantic feelings for her brother; however, Akito only sees her as a sibl...

    After-hoursFolkloreIdentity
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