Movie Description

The 50 Year Argument

(2014)

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.

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Original TitleThe 50 Year Argument

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2014-06-29

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 35m

Production CompaniesSikelia Productions,Magna Global Entertainment,BBC Arena,HBO Documentary Films

Genres

  • Documentary