Bridge of Spies. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2010 book, Bridge of Spies: A True Story of the Cold War
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Bridge of Spies: A True Story of the Cold War
Giles Whittell, 2010
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Steven Spielberg, 2015

In 1957 New York City, Rudolf Abel is arrested and charged with spying for the Soviet Union. Abel is convicted, but Donovan convinces the judge to spare Abel the death penalty because Abel had been serving his country honorably, and he might prove useful for a future prisoner exchange.


Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 1984 book
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
August Wilson, 1984
movie vs book
George C. Wolfe, 2020

In 1927, Ma Rainey is a highly regarded blues singer who has recently been contracted by white producers. They are soon joined by Levee Green, the band’s overconfident trumpeter who has shown Sturdyvant his original compositions in the hopes of getting his own record deal, and has convinced him to use alternate arrangements he wrote of Ma’s songs.