1 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Fans of The Hunger Games know that author Suzanne Collins wrote a prequel. The origin story of President Coriolanus Snow starts on the morning of the reaping that will kick off the 10th annual Hunger Games. It follows 18-year-old Snow, preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor. The film is out November.
2 Truck de India! A Hitchhiker's guide to Hindustan. Journalist Rajat Ubhaykar set out on a 10,000 km-long trip across India, hitchhiking with truckers, and chronicled his journey in a 2019 book. The chapters cover the people he met and the tales of their kindness restore your faith in humanity. A docu-series is in the works.
3 The Color Purple. Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel is about the life, pain and eventual triumph of Celie, a Black teen in Georgia who spends her life in search of her identity. It was first given the film treatment by Steven Spielberg in 1985. A musical version will be out this Christmas.
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