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The 50 Year Argument

The 50 Year Argument

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📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 2014-06-29
⌚ Running Time: 95 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.6

Beloved Cast

Michael Chabon original image
Himself
Michael Chabon
Norman Mailer original image
Himself
Norman Mailer
Joan Didion original image
Herself
Joan Didion
Barbara Epstein original image
Herself
Barbara Epstein
Elizabeth Hardwick original image
Herself
Elizabeth Hardwick
Michael Stuhlbarg original image
Narration
Michael Stuhlbarg

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