Russell Banks
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Biography: Russell Banks was an American writer of fiction and poetry. As a novelist, Banks was best known for his detailed accounts of domestic strife and the daily struggles of ordinary often-marginalized characters. His stories usually revolved around his own childhood experiences, and often reflect "moral themes and personal relationships."
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.A
Adult: No
Birthday: March 28, 1940
Age: 85 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: January 07, 2023
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Amsterdam Stories USA

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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-19
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Reading Alistair MacLeod

Overview: This feature doc profiles acclaimed writer Alistair MacLeod. Hailed internationally as a master of the short story, MacLeod also wrote a novel, No Great Mischief, which was celebrated around the world. Depicting men and women living out their lives against the haunting landscape that surrounds them, most of MacLeod's work is firmly based in Cape Breton even if his characters stray elsewhere. Focusing on the complexities and abiding mysteries at the heart of human relationships, MacLeod maps the close bonds and impassable chasms that lie between people and invokes memory and myth to celebrate the continuity of the generations. This film portrait explores the life and work of this giant of literature.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Algren

Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-21
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Nelson Algren Live

Overview: A performance of some of Nelson Algren's greatest and least known works, performed live at the Steppenwolf theatre in Algren's hometown, Chicago.
Genres: Drama Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-04
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Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

Overview: This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works, and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout her literary career. Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics, and colleagues on an exploration of race, history, the United States, and the human condition.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-21
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The Sweet Hereafter

Overview: A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-25
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