Mudbound. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2008 book
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Mudbound
Hillary Jordan, 2008
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Dee Rees, 2017

In Mississippi Delta farm country, Henry McAllan and his younger brother Jamie dig a grave and struggle to lower their deceased Pappy’s coffin into it. When the Jacksons, a black sharecropper family, pass by in a wagon, Henry asks the father, Hap, for help. Henry seems uncomfortable asking; Hap hesitates to reply.


A Love Song for Bobby Long. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 2004 book, Off Magazine Street
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Off Magazine Street
Ronald Everett Capps, 2004
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Shainee Gabel, 2004

After her mother’s death, Pursy Will returns to New Orleans to claim her inheritance, only to find two troubled men, Bobby Long and Lawson Pines, living in her mother’s house. Bobby, a once-promising literature professor, and Lawson, his young protégé, have succumbed to alcoholism and despair. As tensions and secrets unravel, the three form an unlikely bond, confronting their past traumas and finding redemption through forgiveness and human connection in the heartwarming and soulful city of New Orleans.


Same Kind of Different as Me. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2006 book
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Same Kind of Different as Me
Ron Hall, 2006
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Michael Carney, 2017

Ron Hall, an International art dealer, lost track of what matters most in life. He will have to befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives.