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The Lady Bird Diaries

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2023 · 100 min Documentary History
6.2 / 10 · TMDB

From award-winning filmmaker Dawn Porter comes "The Lady Bird Diaries," a groundbreaking all-archival documentary film about Lady Bird Johnson, one of the most influential and least understood First Ladies. The feature film looks at the 123 hours of personal and revealing audio diaries that Lady Bird recorded during her husband’s administration. The film reveals Lady Bird as an astute observer of character and culture and a savvy political strategist. It recasts her crucial role in LBJ’s presidency and brings viewers behind the scenes of one of the most tumultuous and consequential periods in modern American history.

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Year 2023
Country United States of America
Genre Documentary, History
Director Dawn Porter
Runtime 100 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.2/10 (8 votes)

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Dawn Porter constructs the narrative solely from Lady Bird's archival audio diaries, creating an intimate, first-person chronicle of power. The film relies on this raw material to explore the private strategist behind the public persona, revealing her underestimated influence.

What lingers after the credits is a profound recalibration of a historical figure. The documentary successfully shifts the lens from the presidency to the perceptive partner who documented its triumphs and turmoil with startling clarity. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Dawn Porter

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