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Big Hero 6 Confronts Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The first Disney — Marvel CGI-animated mashup, Big Hero 6 (2014), captures the creative potential of two powerhouse companies working under the same roof: a heartwarming, action sci-fi story about an...
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With the messy state of international affairs and over-the-top political drama worthy of universal facepalms and eyerolls, everybody is turning to their favorite dystopic show available for stream to...
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An experimental dinner exhibition about the Bandung Conference of 1955 through an Asian- and African-American lens, in an attempt to unpack racism, colonialism, and nuclear war. This event uses Richard...
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