The Shortest History of China Joe Sacco Dirty Pictures is the essential

Dirty Pictures is the essential exploration of a truly American art form that recontextualized the way people thought about war

fear - that would shape one of the most brilliant and notoriously self-destructive groups of all time

Adam Simon’s 1996 documentary on director Samuel Fuller

Consumed by the idea of his own special destiny

The Shortest History of China Joe Sacco Dirty Pictures is the essentialFrom kung fu to tofu, tea to trade routes, sages to silk, China has influenced cuisine, commerce, military strategy, aesthetics and philosophy across the world for thousands of years. Chinese history is sprawling and gloriously messy. It is full of heroes who are also villains, prosperous ages and violent rebellions, cultural vibrancy and censorious impulses, rebels, loyalists, dissidents and wits. The story of women in China, from the earliest