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"During the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the attacks of 9/11, America experienced unprecedented disruption. Media, technology, and politics radically changed and everything moved from offline to online as we saw the end of the old world and the beginning of the new. By investigating a series of critical events the series goes inside the moments that caused communism to fall, the information age to rise, and the country to go from...
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By the beginning of the 1990s, facing the indifference for the AIDS epidemic, Act Up activists invented a spectacular and provocative style of action, widely imitated since then. This documentary shows how 120 BPM, multi-primed movie from 2017, intertwines historical reality, romance, and personal memories of director Robin Campillo. This program looks at the social context behind the production, with insights from the director and actors.
5) The 1990s
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Fulfills the standards: "Culture," "Individuals, Groups, and Institutions," "Power, Authority, and Governance," and "Science, Technology, and Society" from the National Council for the Social Studies Curriculum Standards for High School. Fulfills the standards: "Chronological Thinking," "Historical Comprehension," "Historical Analysis and Interpretation," and "Historical Research Capabilities" from the National History Education Standards for American...
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It's 1990 and the Bronx has officially been declared a "No Man's Land." The authorities have given up all attempts to restore law and order. When a beautiful young woman runs away from Manhattan into this wasteland of motorcycle gangs and marauding warriors, her corrupt father sends a ruthless mercenary to bring her back at all costs.
7) The 1990s
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The last decade of the millennium was, in many ways, the most diverse and fascinating in the history of American culture. Alternative subcultures gained unprecedented exposure, manifest in such phenomena as grunge music, "gansta" rap, hip-hop fashion, raves, extreme sports, and the art of Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano. Twelve narrative chapters depict the United States as brought to you by Generation X--a culture busting out in new and unforeseen...
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"Adam Gordon is a senior at Topeka High School, class of '97. His mother, Jane, is a famous feminist author; his father, Jonathan, is an expert at getting 'lost boys' to open up. They both work at a psychiatric clinic that has attracted staff and patients from around the world. Adam is a renowned debater, expected to win a national championship before he heads to college. When a group of seniors bring loner Darren Eberheart into the social scene,...
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This volume reads the incredibly rich body of 1990s American fiction in the context of key cultural concerns of the period. It examines texts by established authors such as Don DeLillo, Toni Morrison, Philip Roth, Thomas Pynchon, Sherman Alexie, Chang-rae Lee, E. Annie Proulx, David Foster Wallace and Jonathan Franzen.
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