Self
In 1831, Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in the United States that resulted in the murder of local slave owners and their families, the eventual execution of 55 rebels and the retribution lynching of more than 200 innocent slaves. Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property examines how the story of Turner’s revolt has been interpreted throughout history and how it continues to raise new questions about the nature of terrorism and other forms of violent resistance to oppression. The film adopts an innovative structure by interspersing documentary footage and interviews with dramatizations of these different versions of Turner’s story. A unique collaboration between MacArthur Genius Award feature director Charles Burnett, acclaimed historian of slavery Kenneth S. Greenberg and Academy Award-nominated documentary producer Frank Christopher, Nat Turner is a compelling look at one of history’s most mysterious figures.
Himself
Largely considered to be the greatest American author, Mark Twain is celebrated in this exhaustive documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns.
Short Story
Shadrach conta a história de Paul Whitehurst, um garoto que adora passar seus dias brincando com os filhos da decadente família Dabney. Vernon (Harvey Keitel) é um vendedor de uísque ilegal e Trixie (Andie MacDowell), uma dona de casa relaxada - cuja principal companhia é uma garrafa de cerveja. Certo dia chega em sua casa o velho Shadrach, um ex-escravo prestes a morrer que busca na velha plantação de tabaco dos Dabney um lugar para seu descanso. Numa tarde quente de agosto, enquanto o restante das crianças brincam na lagoa sob o sol, Paul e o velho Shadrach vivem um momento mágico de aprendizado que será lembrado para sempre.
Self/Writer
"Malowany chlopiec" - The first major mystification of the Holocaust was the novel "The Painted Bird" by Polish Emigrant Jerzy Kosinski, who in his book describes himself as an abandoned child who became mute, ended up in an orphanage and only later discovers his Jewish origin. "The Painted Bird" has since its publication in 1965 been the subject of discussion on its authenticity.
The making of Jerzy Kosinski. The BBC documentary on the life and art of enigmatic novelist Jerzy Kosinski. Through interviews with his second wife Kiki von Fraunhofer-Kosinski, friends and fellow authors, and Polish villagers who knew Kosinski when he was a child hiding from the scourge of Nazism, this program attempts to assess the verity of Kosinski's "autobiographical" fiction, the need for him to maintain a nebulous mystique about his early life, and to understand his obsession with S&M sex clubs in Manhattan during the 1970s and 1980s.
Self
James Baldwin was at once a major 20th century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling Americans, black and white, to confront their shared racial tragedy.
Novel
Em 1947, Stingo, um jovem aspirante a escritor vindo do sul, vai morar no Brooklyn na casa de Yetta Zimmerman, que alugava quartos. Lá conhece Sofia Zawistowska, sua vizinha do andar de cima, que é polonesa e fora prisioneira em um campo de concentração e Nathan Landau, seu namorado, um carismático judeu dono de um temperamento totalmente instável. Em pouco tempo tornam-se amigos, sendo que Stingo não tem a menor ideia dos segredos que Sofia esconde nem da insanidade de Nathan.
