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Tuesdays in Jail
A memoir showing how we’re all imprisoned by something from a woman who taught journaling to prisoners.
If Beale Street Could Talk
A masterwork about resilient young love and the challenges faced by blacks in racist America.
Skyrocketing Prison Population Devastating U.S. Society
On Commondreams.org Sarah Lazare shares the dire impact of four decades of massive imprisonments in the United States. This report by the National Research Council (an arm of the National Academy of…
Fortress America
A review of all the ways the United States has become enslaved to the notions of safety and security.
Chapter & Verse
A drama that has us cheering on an ex-con who is on a serious quest for a transformed life.
Bestiaire
A meditative movie that turns into a call for compassion for all the animals exploited for entertainment in zoos, safari parks, and circuses.
The Arts of Contemplative Care
A momentous collection of essays on Buddhist approaches to caregiving in various settings.
Tibet in Song
An astonishing documentary about the dire effects of Chinese occupation of Tibet and efforts to obliterate this once independent nation's cultural heritage.
Stone
An engrossing drama about the difficulty people have believing in forgiveness or in turning one's life around.
A Monk in the Inner City
A spiritual primer on applying Benedictine values to life in the inner city where poverty, injustice and violence hold sway.