The 50 Year Argument
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Follows the waves of literary, political, and cultural history as charted by the The New York Review of Books, America’s leading journal of ideas for over 50 years. Provocative, idiosyncratic and incendiary, the film weaves rarely seen archival material, contributor interviews, excerpts from writings by such icons as James Baldwin, Gore Vidal, and Joan Didion along with original verité footage filmed in the Review’s West Village offices.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2014-06-07
Runtime: 95 mins
Director: Martin Scorsese, David Tedeschi
Spoken language: English
Genres: Documentary
Original title: The 50 Year Argument
Production Companies: Sikelia Productions, Magna Global Entertainment, BBC Arena, HBO Documentary Films
Production Countries: United States of America
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