Algren

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.

• Release date
• October 21, 2021
• Runtime
• 85 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Michael Caplan

Cast

Nelson Algren Self (archive footage) Russell Banks Self Billy Corgan Self Andrew Davis Self William Friedkin Self Philip Kaufman Self Wayne Kramer Self John Sayles Self