Mermaids (novel)
a 1986 coming-of-age novel by American writer Patty Dann
Stefan Kosinski
Polish teenager Stefan Kosinski was beaten, tortured, and sent to prison. His crime? He fell in love with a Viennese soldier serving in the German army. When the soldier was…
The Seattle General Strike
a five-day general work stoppage by 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington from February 6 to 11, 1919.
Nowhere (1997 film)
Nowhere is a 1997 black comedy drama film written and directed by Gregg Araki. Described by Araki as "Beverly Hills, 90210 on acid", the film follows a day in the…
Black Panthers (1968)
Black Panthers is a 1968 short documentary film directed by Agnès Varda. The film focuses on the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California, during protests over the arrest of Black…
Speaker Terror Upper: When Bass Tapes Shook the Streets
In the late '80s and early '90s, a seismic subculture shook the streets… literally. “Boom Cars,” decked out with custom sound systems, roamed neighborhoods blasting the bassiest music ever recorded.…
The Ashes Action
1992
The Nazi Era: Episode 2: Overview Part I
In this first of two introductory episodes, hear how the walls closed in on LGBTQ people after Hitler came to power through the recorded and written memories of multiple queer…
Drama King
Evidently, one has many experiences as an actor that are incommunicable, or at least not directly communicated. But this is not so isolating as it may seem. Pacino has come…
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1988 Oscars