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Now showing — Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl · 5 works
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American songcraft meets South African mbaqanga. The album that opened a controversy and a world.
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A WWII veteran falls under the spell of a charismatic cult leader. Power, devotion, and the unmoored self.
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A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, Paul Beatty's *The Sellout* showcases a comic genius at the top of his game. It challenges the sacred tenets of the United States Constitution, urban life, the civil rights movement, the father-son relatio...
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Interconnected lives in the San Fernando Valley. Coincidence, regret, and frogs from the sky.
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An oil prospector's rise and moral collapse. American capitalism as Old Testament fury.
PowerModernityAfter-hours
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- Homicide: Life on the Street Television
- The Master Film
- Graceland Music
- Genka / Paul Oja Music
- The Sellout Books
- Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl Books