Algren

Algren

2021 · 85 min · ★ 6.0 · Documentary

Algren will spotlight the hard-knock life and authentic creative legacy of one of the most underrated writers of the twentieth century, Nelson Algren. Algren's brutally honest portrayal of the American underclass and his hard-nosed lifestyle became his pathway to compassion. Through interviews with Algren contemporaries, experts, and "literary soulmates," as well as through the photography of Algren's friends, Art Shay and Stephen Deutch, the film will tell his story. It will celebrate his tremendous contribution to and influence on American letters, and push Algren, champion of the marginalized, out from the margins.

Directed by Michael Caplan · Written by Drew Hall

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Nelson Algren Self (archive footage)
Russell Banks Self
Billy Corgan Self
Andrew Davis Self
William Friedkin Self
Philip Kaufman Self
Wayne Kramer Self
John Sayles Self
Suzanne McNear Self
Stephen Elliott Self
Studs Terkel Self

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