| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (85 minutes): .flv file, sound |
| Summary |
The documentary ALGREN is a journey through the gritty world, brilliant mind, and noble heart of Nelson Algren. Exploding onto the national scene in 1950 after winning the first-ever National Book Award for 'The Man with the Golden Arm,' Algren defined post-war American urban fiction with his gritty, brilliant depiction of working class Chicago. Hemingway declared him second only to Faulkner; Vonnegut dubbed him a literary groundbreaker. Hollywood soon came calling, immortalizing his breakout novel with none other than Frank Sinatra in the lead role. Algren even won a notorious place in both the heart and work of France's premiere feminist, Simone de Beauvoir. Including never-before-seen archival footage, newly uncovered audio recordings and his own rarely seen, personal photo collages, ALGREN charts the rise and fall of a man whose transgressions, compassion and thirst for justice pushed him to dedicate his life and career to giving a voice to the voiceless. Through interviews with Algren's friends, literary experts and artists - including William Friedkin, Russell Banks, Philip Kaufman, Billy Corgan and John Sayles - the film is an intimate, witty and even antagonistic portrait of a tireless champion of America's most marginalized |
| Notes |
Title from title frames |
| Performer |
Billy Corgan, John Sayles, Philip Kaufman, Russell Banks, William Friedkin |
| Event |
Originally produced by First Run Features in 2021 |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981.
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Novelists, American -- 20th century
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History.
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Arts.
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Documentary films.
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Literature
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History
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history (discipline)
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Arts
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Documentary films
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History
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Literature
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documentary film.
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Documentary films
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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Streaming audio
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| Author |
Caplan, Michael, film director
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Corgan, Billy, on-screen participant
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Banks, Russell, on-screen participant
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First Run Features (Firm), publisher.
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