Algren (2021)
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.
- Date of release
- 2021-10-21
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Michael Caplan
Casting
- 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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