Algren

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.

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  Nelson Algren

  Self (archive footage)
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  Russell Banks

  Self
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  Billy Corgan

  Self
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  Andrew Davis

  Self
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  William Friedkin

  Self
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  Philip Kaufman

  Self
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  Wayne Kramer

  Self
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  John Sayles

  Self
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  Stephen Elliott

  Self
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  Studs Terkel

  Self