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Now showing — late capitalism · 5 works

  • Paris Is Burning Film · 1990s

    Paris Is Burning is a 1990 American documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay and transgender communities involved in it.

    Urban isolationPowerAfter-hours
  • The Long Good Friday Film · 1980s

    The Long Good Friday is a 1980 British gangster film directed by John Mackenzie from a screenplay by Barrie Keeffe. Starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren, the film, set in London, weaves together events and concerns of the late 1970s, including mid-level political and police corruption and IRA fund-raising. The supp...

    After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
  • Better Late Than Never Television · 2010s

    Better Late Than Never is a 2016 television series from United States, shaped by named creators. It helps the serial catalog read as a real field of seasons, institutions, and recurring pressure. Rooted in United States. Engages with nature, surveillance. In the index for the quality of its sustained storytelling.

    PowerNatureSurveillance
  • Little Fish Books · 2010s

    Wendy Reimer is a thirty-year-old trans woman in Winnipeg who comes across evidence that her late grandfather, a devout Mennonite farmer, might have been transgender as well. At first she dismisses the revelation, but as she and her friends struggle to cope with the challenges of their increasingly volatile lives We...

    MemoryMigrationFolklore
  • Midnight Diner Television · 2000s

    A late-night diner in Shinjuku where customers share stories. Quiet humanism, one dish at a time.

    After-hoursRitualPower
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