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When the Drum Is Beating

by Whitney Dow

When the Drum Is Beating explores Haiti's complex past and present through the music of the country's oldest and best-known band and the memories of its founder and leader, Ulric Pierre-Louis.

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Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic

by Jon Else

Drawing upon recently declassified documents, archival footage and behind-the-scenes interviews, Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic chronicles the creation of the monumental opera based on the mysterious and paradoxical career of the “father of the atomic bomb,” Dr. Robert Oppenheimer.

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Word Is Bond

by Nefretiti Makenta

From the Harlem Renaissance to the Black Arts Movement to rap, Word Is Bond explores the connections between each era's poets and African American spoken word culture in inner cities today.

Young@Heart

by Stephen Walker

Their average age is 81, but the spirited members of the Young@Heart Chorus perform songs by artists from The Clash to Coldplay for audiences around the world, upending assumptions about friendship, old age, life, and death.

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