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American Dirt is a 2020 novel by American author Jeanine Cummins, published by Flatiron Books.The book is about a Mexican bookseller who is forced to flee as an undocumented immigrant to the United States, along with her son, after her journalist husband exposes a local drug kingpin.
Winfrey is at once facing down the “American Dirt” scandal and mounting criticism over her decision to withdraw from a documentary about sexual assault. Oprah Winfrey on the defensive in the ...
Why American Dirt, Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick, is controversial
Jeanine Cummins (born December 6, 1974) [1] [failed verification] is an American author of Irish and Puerto Rican heritage. [2] [3] She has written four books: a memoir titled A Rip in Heaven and three novels, The Outside Boy, The Crooked Branch, and American Dirt. [4] American Dirt was a notable success, selling over 3 million copies in 37 ...
At the end of Jeanine Cummins' novel American Dirt, the protagonist Lydia re-reads Amor en los tiempos del colera, first in Spanish, then again in English. The final two sentences of the novel reference the protagonist's love of the book: "No one can take this from her. This book is hers alone." [12]
Mark Borchardt (born August 20, 1966) is an American independent filmmaker. He is best known as the subject of the 1999 film American Movie , which documented three years he spent writing, shooting and editing his horror short, Coven (1997).
Dirt! The Movie is a 2009 American documentary film directed by filmmakers Gene Rosow and Bill Benenson and narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis. It was inspired by William Bryant Logan's book Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth. The documentary starred environmentalists like Wangari Maathai, Vandana Shiva, Gary Vaynerchuk, Paul Stamets, and Bill Logan.
Knock Knock is a 2015 thriller film [a] directed by Eli Roth, [6] who also co-wrote the script with Guillermo Amoedo and Nicolás López.The film stars Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo and Ana de Armas.