NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
“An instant American classic.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times
“As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power—which groups have it and which do not.”
In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings.
Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people’s lives and behavior and the nation’s fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people—including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball’s Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others—she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their out-cast of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity.
Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today.

究竟是什么塑造了真正的你？电影将聚焦乔伊·高纳（杰米·福克斯配音）。这位中学音乐老师获得了梦寐以求的机会——在纽约最好的爵士俱乐部演奏。但一个小失误把他从纽约的街道带到了一个奇幻的地方“生之来处”（the Great Before）。在那里，灵魂们获得培训，在前往地球之前将获得他们的个性特点和兴趣。决心要回到地球生活的乔伊认识了一个早熟的灵魂“二十二”（蒂娜·菲 配音），二十二一直找不到自己对于人类生活的兴趣。随着乔伊不断试图向二十二展示生命的精彩之处，他也将领悟一些人生终极问题的答案。

《爱心树》是世界绘本的经典作品之一，出版30年来，一直是绘本世界的著名典范，历久不衰，魅力惊人，销量超过600万册。这是一个由一棵有求必应的苹果树和一个贪求不厌的孩子，共同组成的温馨，又略带哀伤的动人故事。爱心树的英文 “The Giving Tree”，顾名思义便是牺牲奉献的意思，但它亦是一本述说友谊的书。树并未因为男孩的予取予求感到难过，即使后来只剩下残干的他，是那么凄凉孤寂，但当男孩回到他身边只求一个安静的歇脚处时，树竟是满欣喜乐将自己奉献给他，这样的喜悦比起男孩小时在树上刻的 “M.E. + T.”那些甜蜜文字，更令他感到真切舒心。天才的绘本艺术家希尔弗斯坦以简单俐落的线条和充满诗意又带有嘲讽幽默的文字，为各个年龄的读者创造了一则令人心醒动容的寓言——在施与受之间，也在爱与被爱之间。
'Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy.' So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return. Ages 10+
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The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song 是一部總長四小時、分為兩部的系列電影。主持人、作家、哈佛大學阿爾方思·弗萊徹特聘大學教授 (Alphonse Fletcher University Professor) 、哈欽斯非洲和非洲裔美國人研究中心 (the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research) 主任 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 擔任本片執行制片人, 追溯美國黑人教堂400年來的風風雨雨，展示它如何成為了非裔美國人爭取生存和尊嚴的基石，如何組織與堅忍，繁榮與見證,自治與自由，團結一致，向權力喊出真話。
這部紀錄片展現了黑人如何敬拜神靈，通過他們的精神旅程，講述黑人如何創造性地將他們虔誠信仰的傳統從非洲帶到新大陸，並將這種傳統轉變成為基督教的一種形式，這種表達不僅僅是真正屬於他們的創造，更是一股巨大的力量，在救贖這個通過中央航路(the Middle Passage)奴役他們祖先的國家的原罪。

影片改编自真人真事。讲述了1960年代美国黑人社团黑豹党历史上的真实事件，故事聚焦于Hampton之死，他于1969年被杀，死于芝加哥警察局和FBI组织的一次突袭行动。警方开了80枪，而“黑豹党”成员一共只开了一枪，这一枪还是来自于一位成员被警方打死后的肌肉收缩。Hampton与怀孕的未婚妻正在睡觉时，头部被近距离射杀2枪，他当晚被下了药，根本没听见任何警方的动静，死后尸体被拖进小巷中，年仅21岁。经过审讯，他的死被判定为“正当杀人”，后来在1982年，以185万美元的赔偿数额，达到了民事诉讼的庭外和解。

第二季审视毒品问题对城市贫民阶层的影响，尤其探讨了以码头工人为代表的蓝领阶层的生存困境，他们中有些人通过帮助走私集团运送毒品和其他违禁品讨生活。同时也讲述了Barksdale团伙于Avon入狱后是如何在Stringer Bell的领导下继续发展。

The amazing true story of one white Southern woman's courage to choose her convictions and join the Civil Rights Movement. By the time she was 19, Joan Trumpauer was shot at, attacked, and put on death row but that's just the beginning of her remarkable journey to help change the world. Heralded as an unsung hero but disowned by her family, Joan takes us on an incredible journey of her life in the Civil Rights Movement and the power of the human spirit to persevere against the world. Shot over the course of a year in six states, 'An Ordinary Hero' is the only complete story of Joan Trumpauer and includes interviews with scholars, authors, journalists, and those who fought alongside this courageous woman.

第一季主要讲述巴尔的摩市警察对巴克斯戴尔贩毒集团的调查。
调查全因警探吉米·麦克纳提而起。在对迪安吉拉·巴克斯戴尔的庭审中，关键证人临时翻供，使得迪安吉拉成功脱罪。庭后，麦克纳提向法官丹尼尔·费兰透露，目击证人可能是受到被告的舅舅——伊旺·巴克斯戴尔手下人的威胁才被迫改了口，因为他在庭审现场看到了伊旺的副手斯丁格·贝尔以及其他几名团伙成员。麦克纳提还告诉费兰法官，巴克斯戴尔团伙涉嫌大宗毒品交易以及多宗谋杀悬案，但没有人调查他们的犯罪行径。
费兰法官于是向警察局高层抱怨，令高层倍感尴尬，于是他们责令组建一支专案组对巴克斯戴尔进行调查。但是高层并非真心想调查该案，而只是为了敷衍法官。一场博弈在希望侦办此案的警官与阻挠侦查的上司间展开，而专案组的指挥官塞德里克·丹尼尔斯则夹在中间，进退两难。
同时，巴克斯戴尔团伙内部也有矛盾。另外他们同以抢劫毒贩为生的奥马·利特间的争斗，造成了多人死伤，这进一步引起了警方关注。在此期间，迪安吉拉因自己的犯罪生活以及由此对他人的影响倍感良心不安。
警察展开街头抓捕，并希望能从街头毒贩瓦伦斯那里得到线索，但都没有多少进展。最终专案组开始采用电子监听设备，对团伙成员使用的公用电话和呼机进行监控。但却导致调查进入上层划定的禁区，触及政治献金等问题[151][152]。伊旺手下的一位小头目被另一队警察逮捕后，上司要求就此结案。基玛·格雷戈斯警探在行动中受伤[149][150]，令其他警官情绪激动，结果打草惊蛇。巴克斯戴尔团伙因此怀疑自己正受到警方调查，开始着手清除所有可疑人员，并弃用公用电话和呼机。
在斯丁格·贝尔的授意下，瓦伦斯被儿时伙伴博迪和普特射杀。迪安吉拉在为舅舅转移大量毒品时被抓，当得知瓦伦斯的死讯后，他决定供出舅舅和斯丁格。但其母劝导他要以家族事业为重。最终，专案组对伊旺从轻发落，他的手下威毕·布瑞斯则为大部分谋杀指控背黑锅，其中有一些甚至并不是威毕所为。斯丁格逃过起诉，继续运作巴克斯戴尔的犯罪王国。由于违抗上司命令，丹尼尔斯和麦克纳提都被调动到冷衙门。

Antiracism is a transformative concept that reorients and reenergizes the conversation about racism—and, even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. At it’s core, racism is a powerful system that creates false hierarchies of human value; its warped logic extends beyond race, from the way we regard people of different ethnicities or skin colors to the way we treat people of different sexes, gender identities, and body types. Racism intersects with class and culture and geography and even changes the way we see and value ourselves. In How to Be an Antiracist, Kendi takes readers through a widening circle of antiracist ideas—from the most basic concepts to visionary possibilities—that will help readers see all forms of racism clearly, understand their posionous consequences, and work to oppose them in our systems and in ourselves.
Kendi weaves an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science with his own personal story of awakening to antiracism. This is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond the awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a just and equitable society.

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church's double standards and their own needs and passions

　　获得奥斯卡最佳女配角奖的演员雷吉娜·金将执导电影《迈阿密的一夜》（ One Night in Miami），改编自肯普·鲍尔斯处女剧作的舞台剧。现在肯普·鲍尔斯已经将原本的舞台剧剧本改写成了电影剧本。故事发生在1964年2月25日的夜晚，年轻的卡修斯·克莱击败了桑尼·利斯顿成为世界重量级拳击冠军，却因种族隔离法律无法留在迈阿密的岛上，只能在市郊的汉普顿旅馆与三个朋友激进分子马尔科姆·艾克斯、歌手山姆·库克和足球明星吉姆·布朗共同庆祝和过夜。

20世纪20 年代，在芝加哥的一场午后录音中，乐队成员们正在等待开拓性的表演者、传奇的“蓝调之母”玛·雷尼（奥斯卡金像奖得主维奥拉·戴维斯饰），其间气氛变得愈发紧张。录音进行到后期时，无畏又脾气火爆的玛和其白人经纪人及制作人就她的音乐控制权展开了一场意志的较量。雄心勃勃的小号手列维（查德维克·博斯曼饰）非常欣赏玛的女朋友，并决心在音乐行业中占有一席之地，当乐队在工作室幽闭的排演室中等待时，他促使乐手们爆出揭露真相的故事，这将永远改变他们的生活。
《蓝调天后》根据两次普利策奖得主奥古斯特·威尔逊的戏剧改编而成，歌颂了蓝调的变革力量以及那些拒绝让社会偏见左右自己价值的艺术家。该电影由乔治·乌尔夫执导，鲁本·桑地亚哥-哈德森进行剧本改编，凭借《藩篱》荣获奥斯卡奖提名的丹泽尔·华盛顿和托德·布莱克担任制片人。科尔曼·多明戈、格林·特鲁曼、迈克尔·波茨、泰勒·佩姬、杜山·布朗担任联合主演，艾美奖得主布兰福德·马萨利斯进行配乐。

Comedy special features eulogies for the year 2020 with a line-up of all-women comedians discussing everything from casual sex to beige Band-Aids and everything in between that we've "lost" in 2020.

伊娃·朗格利亚加盟爵士题材剧情片《西尔维》，泰莎·汤普森主演，Eugene Ashe自编自导。讲述在50年代末纽约爵士时代，一个年轻女子在父亲位于哈莱姆区的唱片店工作时，遇到了一位雄心勃勃的萨克斯手(前NFL球员兼演员Nnamdi Asomugha饰)，在经历了一段夏日恋情后，两人多年后再次相遇，发现他们之间的火花从未动摇过。

影片讲述一个华人家庭的奶奶被诊断罹癌，但家人选择隐瞒奶奶，假借一场婚礼的名义让所有家人回家见奶奶最后一面，但在纽约长大的碧莉（奥卡菲娜饰演）认为知道自己病况是奶奶的人权，因此在华人家庭中上演一场中西文化冲突，一部寻根家庭喜剧。故事改编自华裔女导演王子逸自己的家庭故事，她也因本片被《综艺》杂志评选2019年必关注导演之一。

The documentary takes a look at the history, and current activism against voter suppression; barriers to voting that most people don't even know is a threat to their basic rights as citizens of the United States.

　　在拍了一部关于他穿越美国的旅程的电影后的14年，当他带着年幼的女儿回到美国时，波拉特冒着生命和肢体的危险，并揭示了更多关于美国文化，COVID-19大流行和政治选举的信息。