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Now showing — The Ancient Balance to Control Death · 5 works

  • The Wire Television · 2000s

    Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.

    PowerSurveillanceNature
  • Detective Conan: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital is a 2003 anime title tied to Kenji Kodama and Katsuo Ōno and Japan. It keeps the animated field legible through atmosphere, genre range, and exact-title recall.

    ModernityFolkloreIdentity
  • On the precipice of a cataclysmic drought, the Star Readers of the Shin Yogo Empire must devise a plan to avoid widespread famine. It is written in ancient myths that the first emperor, along with eight warriors, slew a water demon to avoid a great drought and save the land that was to become Shin Yogo. If a water d...

    FolkloreIdentitySurveillance
  • The Sopranos Television · 1990s

    A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.

    PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
  • The Godfather Film · 1970s

    The Corleone family saga. Power, loyalty, and the corruption of the American dream.

    PowerAfter-hoursLonging
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  • The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Music
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  • The Souls of Black Folk Essays
  • The Bhagavad Gita Essays
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  • The Sopranos Television
  • The Wire Television