There has been a wave of essential books and films / documentaries to counter current times. Here are some from 2017.
So You Want to Talk About Race
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In So You Want to Talk About Race, editor-at-large of the Establishment Ijeoma Oluo offers a...
Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic
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As the President of the United States, Donald Trump continually voices admiration for brutal...
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Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World
Women’s March Organizers and Conde Nast
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WITH ESSAYS BY: ROWAN BLANCHARD - SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH - AMERICA FERRERA - ROXANE GAY - ILANA...
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Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
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Where are you really from? You’re British. Your parents are British. You were raised in...
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Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions
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A moving, eye-opening polemic about the US-Mexico border and what happens to the tens of thousands...
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Bringing a book to screen is no easy feat, but sometimes they get it (mostly) right.
Gone Girl (2014)
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Nick Dunne's wife Amy goes missing, leading to police investigations and media frenzies that cause...
American Psycho (2000)
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A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his...
City Of God (2002)
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The streets of the world's most notorious slum, Rio de Janeiro's City of God, are a place where...
The Godfather
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Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer - his influence reaches every level of American society....
Room (2015)
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Held captive for years in an enclosed space, a woman (Brie Larson) and her young son (Jacob...
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Jen Morrison (0 KP) rated The Girl on the Train in Books
Sep 30, 2017
The book and film plots are similar, but the book seems a lot darker and creepier. The character of Malorie is different, nicer even but I dont think she is very well developed in this. This was a good book and an interesting take on the end of the world scenario, I just wish I'd read this before watching the film.