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Now showing — A Special Day · 5 works

  • A Love Supreme Music · 1960s

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

    RitualLongingFolklore
  • Show Me a Hero Television · 2010s

    A mayor battles public housing integration in Yonkers. Policy as tragedy.

    PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
  • To Kill a Mockingbird Books · 1960s

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

    PowerMemoryMigration
  • A Mighty Wind Film · 2000s

    Three folk groups reunite for a memorial concert. Christopher Guest's mockumentary finds unexpected warmth inside the joke.

    PowerAfter-hoursLonging
  • A Prophet Film · 2000s

    A young Arab man rises through the French prison system. Crime cinema as sociological study.

    PowerAfter-hoursLonging
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  • A Theory of Justice Essays
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