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"Sacred Frames" | Four Movies That Explain America
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- Jun 30, 2026
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Subscribe. iTunes | Youtube | Spotify What four films best capture the story of America? In this Fourth of July edition of Sacred Frames , Jeff Cook, Sean Palmer, and Mike Yager each build their own cinematic "Mount Rushmore," selecting four films they believe reveal the promises, contradictions, triumphs, and tragedies that have shaped the American experiment. From Far and Away , Do the Right Thing , Wall Street , and The Right Stuff to Lincoln , Killers of the Flower Moon , Saving Private Ryan , Malcolm X , and beyond, the conversation explores immigration, race, capitalism, war, religion, identity, and the enduring tension between America's highest ideals and its deepest failures. Rather than asking which films are the greatest, this episode asks a different question: Which stories help us understand who America has been—and who it might still become?