Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroes
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Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines traces the fascinating evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman. From the birth of the comic book superheroine in the 1940s to the blockbusters of today, popular representations of powerful women often reflect society’s anxieties about women’s liberation.
The House I Live in Takes a Hard Look at the War on Drugs
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From director Eugene Jarecki (Why We Fight) comes an unflinching look at how the War on Drugs has disproportionately disenfranchised, incarcerated, and impoverished African Americans.
'Garbage Dreams' follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade as they come of age in the world’s largest garbage village, a ghetto located on the outskirts of Cairo.