Pappyshow in the Dark Time, My Love
A braided essay that asks participants about their relationships to concepts of revenge and justice. How can song conjure the sublime, necessary, and oft resisted work of deconstruction?
A braided essay that asks participants about their relationships to concepts of revenge and justice. How can song conjure the sublime, necessary, and oft resisted work of deconstruction?
Shayna Springer
Self
Richie Daly
Self
Elana Riojas
Self
Ashlee Burnett
Self
A braided essay that asks participants about their relationships to concepts of revenge and justice. How can song conjure the sublime, necessary, and oft resisted work of deconstruction?
Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four men he believes murdered his wife. When the convicts escape, Jim tracks them into Mexico, determined to see that justice is done. But the farther Jim goes in his quest for vengeance, the more merciless he becomes, losing himself in an unrelenting spiral of hatred and violence.
When his daughter is murdered, William Duncan takes the law into his own hands, setting out on a quest for retribution. After killing the street thug responsible for her death, he finds himself in the middle of a war with the thug's brother, father, and their gang, who are equally hell-bent on getting even. What ensues is a tense back-and-forth game of vengeance. By the end, William comes to find that the quest for revenge never has a winner.
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
Single mom Flora is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max. Her efforts to keep him out of trouble lead to a beat-up acoustic guitar, a washed-up LA musician, and harmony for this frayed Dublin family.
A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.
The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
Alcoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.
Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he once flew to Alaska for a hunting trip. Arriving at the Mendez mansion in Mexico, he is immediately surprised by the beauty and youth of Mendez’s wife, Miryea.