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.

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.

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.

ラッセル・バンクスの『狩猟期』の原作をポール・シュレイダーが映像化した。不幸な生活から抜け出せない警察官ウェイド、彼はある死亡事故の背景に大きな陰謀が隠されていることを知る……。

雪深い小さな町。ある日の朝、平和な日常が一瞬で崩れ去った。子どもたちを乗せたスクールバスがスリップをおこし、凍った湖に転落。多くの⼦供の命が奪われた。町にやって来たベテランの弁護士スティーブンスは集団訴訟を起こすべく、子供を失った親たちを説得して訪ねてまわる。やがてスティーブンスは事故の唯⼀の⽣存者の美しい少⼥ニコールに訴訟に勝つために証⾔するように説得する。しかし、彼⼥が口にしたのは意外な「真実」だった・・・。

雪深い小さな町。ある日の朝、平和な日常が一瞬で崩れ去った。子どもたちを乗せたスクールバスがスリップをおこし、凍った湖に転落。多くの⼦供の命が奪われた。町にやって来たベテランの弁護士スティーブンスは集団訴訟を起こすべく、子供を失った親たちを説得して訪ねてまわる。やがてスティーブンスは事故の唯⼀の⽣存者の美しい少⼥ニコールに訴訟に勝つために証⾔するように説得する。しかし、彼⼥が口にしたのは意外な「真実」だった・・・。

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