passing (identity)

Draws on the stories of three diverse families to explore the complexities of race in the United States and demonstrate the need to rethink basic assumptions.

Presents the complete text of "Pudd'nhead Wilson" and "Those Extraordinary Twins" along with textual notes and a collection of critical reviews and essays on the works.

Coleman Silk, a distinguished professor at a small New England college where he has managed over the course of fifty years to make a lot of enemies, experiences a sort of personal liberation when he is forced from his job on false claims of racism -- a charge made all the more ironic due to a secret Silk has been keeping nearly his entire life.

Presents parts one and two of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning stage drama "Angels in America," which follows the thread of AIDS through the lives of several gay men.