Name: Everything is True (or Almost): Lana & Lilly Wachowski
Genre: Cinema
Duration: 154 s

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This whimsical series tells the life stories of famous artists and thinkers is back with a new season. In this episode: the Matrix filmmakers earned their place in Hollywood by "transcending the system".<br /><br />

The Matrix filmmakers earned their place in Hollywood by "transcending the system"

In September 2022 the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody set off nationwide protests in Iran. One year on from this civil unrest, Tracks East meets the ultra-connected younger generation who demonstrate their opposition to the government through art and music.

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Tracks East meets the ultra-connected younger generation who demonstrate their opposition to the government through art and music.

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She was called the queen of Warsaw. A prominent figure in the drag scene in Poland, Kim Lee was a muse for photographers, painters, and writers. In a country with a conservative government, Kim Lee was an icon for the Polish queer community. An ode to a Queen taken during the pandemic.

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Psychedelic drugs as a miracle cure for mental health? In Europe and the USA, investors are pouring hug sums into research and psychedelic trips branded as wellness weekends are becoming more common. Tracks investigates the claims and the dangers.

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August 19, 2014. Nicki Minaj releases the music video for Anaconda. The message is clear: down with the dictatorship of skinny pop stars and make way for XXL shapes and XXX speech. Provocative? Maybe. Feminist? Definitely.

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