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Kansas City, 1935. Emmett Whelan, an idealistic county prosecutor
who has left behind his Irish roots and married into the country
club set, takes on the city's corrupt political machine when he
investigates the brutal murder of a black musician. As Emmett
probes the case, he discovers the city's underbelly of racism and
criminality. His personal life deteriorates. The closer he gets to
the heart of the corruption, the more he sees that it is deeper and
closer than he has ever suspected. And when the truth unfolds -
about the killings, the machine, Emmett's wife - a surprising and
devastating climax reverberates at every level of the city. Reach
the Shining River is an urban crime drama about money, race, and
class. Tense and full of memorable characters, it has the smell of
a big river, the atmosphere of 1930s America, and a soundtrack that
is pure jazz and blues.
An black Iraq war veteran and an Iraqi-American Muslim teenager
form an unlikely friendship through their shared love of John
Coltrane. A supreme coming-of-age story of friendship, forgiveness
- and jazz. Tariq is is a young Iraqi-American Muslim man, beset by
danger on the streets and conflict at home. Music is his only
consolation. When he forms a friendship with the volatile but
intriguing record-store owner and Iraq war veteran, Jamal, Tariq
discovers the world of jazz - and the man he could become. Jamal is
exciting, eloquent, and troubled. He suffers from PTSD, is always
on edge. Tariq wants to learn from Jamal's knowledge of music, but
can he afford to get close to this volatile veteran? When violence
that has long threatened finally erupts, things suddenly clarify
for Tariq. He takes the ultimate risk - not on behalf of his friend
but his enemy - and the disparate worlds of modern America and
traditional Islam come together in an unexpected and gripping
resolution.
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