05 Apr 2012
Raul Brandão was a Great Writer...
This film is an attempt to disclose if Raul Brandão has left any trace, in Nespereira, Gumarães.
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Literary icon Joan Didion reflects on her remarkable career and personal struggles in this intimate documentary directed by her nephew, Griffin Dunne.
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Griffin Dunne Self
Hilton Als Self
Phyllis Rifield Self
Shelley Wanger Self
Harrison Ford Self
Tom Brokaw Self
Vanessa Redgrave Self
Robert B. Silvers Self
Calvin Trillin Self
Anna Wintour Self
Patricia Hearst Self (archive footage)
Janis Joplin Self (archive footage)
Tuesday Weld Self (archive footage)
Jim Morrison Self (archive footage)
Bobby Beausoleil Self (archive footage)
Oliver North Self (archive footage)
Jim Didion Self
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