Russell Banks

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.

Esta meditación artística e íntima sobre lalegendaria narradora de historias examina su vida, sus obras y los poderosos temas que ha enfrentado a lo largo de su carrera literaria.

A performance of some of Nelson Algren's greatest and least known works, performed live at the Steppenwolf theatre in Algren's hometown, Chicago.

Ever wonder what's going on next door? Ever spy on your neighbors, gossip behind their backs? Well, if you live here you do. A story concerning 13 neighbors stuck in an small trailer park. It is all about human connections.

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.

El sheriff Wade Whitehouse es un hombre gris y menospreciado por todos. Su vida cambia cuando se produce la muerte de un sindicalista en una partida de caza. Aunque la mayoría cree que se trata de un accidente, él está convencido de que se trata de un asesinato. Resolver el caso es la oportunidad que estaba esperando para demostrar su valía a su propio padre, un hombre dominante y alcohólico y a sus vecinos.

Adaptación de "El flautista de Hamelin". Un autobús escolar se despeña montaña abajo y se hunde en un lago helado. En el accidente mueren todos los niños del pueblo. El abogado Mitchell Stevens se entrevista con los padres, reabre sus heridas del pasado y les propone llevar el caso a los tribunales.

Adaptación de "El flautista de Hamelin". Un autobús escolar se despeña montaña abajo y se hunde en un lago helado. En el accidente mueren todos los niños del pueblo. El abogado Mitchell Stevens se entrevista con los padres, reabre sus heridas del pasado y les propone llevar el caso a los tribunales.

The account of a New England woman's life in Liberia from the mid-1970s to 1991.