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.
Drew Hall
Writer
Michael Caplan
Director, Writer
Nelson Algren
Writer
Nelson Algren
Self (archive footage)
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Self
Billy Corgan
Self
Andrew Davis
Self
William Friedkin
Self
Philip Kaufman
Self
Wayne Kramer
Self
John Sayles
Self
Suzanne McNear
Self
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