Culture
‘A Perfect Crime,’ gripping Netflix documentary on the looting of East Germany
October 16, 2020Deltev Rohwedder was responsible for selling off the GDR's public industries. His 1991 assassination still leaves behind unanswered questions about the West's takeover of socialist East Germany.
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‘Totally Under Control’ documentary shows COVID-19 response totally out of control
October 15, 2020It documents the Trump regime’s tragedy of errors and terrors in its catastrophic, reactionary reaction to the coronavirus.
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‘Waikiki’ shines at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
October 14, 2020America is currently experiencing a historic surge of protests igniting a cultural awakening and racial reckoning.
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Today’s noir novel in Europe: Popular novelists from France and Iceland
October 13, 2020Dominique Manotti is a Parisian professor of economic history who writes about crime from a historical and global perspective.
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Robey Theatre Company releases nine scripts by Black playwrights in publishing venture
October 9, 2020For 26 years, the Robey Theatre Company has made its mission to tell the stories of the Black global diaspora on stage. It is now also doing so in print.
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