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Now showing — The Coral Island · 5 works

  • The Wire Television · 2000s

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

    PowerSurveillanceNature
  • The Sopranos Television · 1990s

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

    PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
  • The Coral Island Books · 1850s

    The Coral Island is a 1858 book by Robert Michael Ballantyne, linked to United Kingdom and English. It keeps the reading field grounded in identifiable authorship and place.

    MemoryMigrationFolklore
  • The Battle of Algiers Film · 1960s

    The Algerian fight for independence from France. Revolution filmed as it might have happened.

    After-hoursLongingUrban 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
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