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  • I, Daniel Blake Film · 2010s

    I, Daniel Blake is a 2016 British drama film written by Paul Laverty and directed by Ken Loach. The film stars Dave Johns as Daniel Blake, a middle-aged man who is denied Employment and Support Allowance despite being declared unfit to work by his doctor. Hayley Squires co-stars as Katie, a struggling single mother...

    After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
  • Two Days, One Night Film · 2010s

    Two Days, One Night is a 2014 drama film written and directed by the Dardenne brothers, starring Marion Cotillard and Fabrizio Rongione, with Christelle Cornil, Olivier Gourmet and Catherine Salée in supporting roles. The film is an international co-production between Belgium, France, and Italy, and had its world pr...

    After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
  • Aggretsuko Anime · 2010s

    Red panda Retsuko continues to work at her cyclic office job, with the occasional stress-venting via death metal karaoke on the side. With the company of her newfound friends Gori and Washimi, life is more enjoyable than ever before. But some new shake-ups to her status quo threaten to add more stress to her life. A...

    FolkloreIdentitySurveillance
  • Beastars Anime · 2010s

    In a civilized society of anthropomorphic animals, an uneasy tension exists between carnivores and herbivores. At Cherryton Academy, this mutual distrust peaks after a predation incident results in the death of Tem, an alpaca in the school's drama club. Tem's friend Legoshi, a grey wolf in the stage crew, has been a...

    NatureAfter-hoursFolklore
  • The Sellout Books · 2010s

    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...

    RitualUrban isolationPower
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  • Reassembling the Social. An introduction to Actor-Network-Theory Essays
  • The Social Contract Essays
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  • Two Days, One Night Film
  • I, Daniel Blake Film