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The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
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The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

2017 · 89 min Documentary
6.3 / 10 · TMDB

The city's most famous storyteller finally tells his own. Armistead Maupin, creator of "Tales of the City," reflects on a life spent chronicling the heart and soul of San Francisco. This 2017 documentary weaves personal archives with intimate interviews, revealing the man behind the beloved characters. It’s a poignant, deeply human portrait of an artist, activist, and witness to an era. Explore the untold chapters of a literary legend in this moving and essential documentary.

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The direction builds a portrait primarily from personal archives and interviews, focusing on the subject as his own chronicler. The atmosphere is that of flipping through a well-kept, intimate scrapbook of a city's soul.

It's for viewers interested in how personal narrative shapes public memory. One leaves feeling like a privileged reader of a private journal that became a cultural landmark. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Jennifer M. Kroot

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Best watched with someone who understands the weight of a writer's notebook.

🎭 Cast

Armistead Maupin

Armistead Maupin

Self

Laura Linney

Laura Linney

Self

Olympia Dukakis

Olympia Dukakis

Self

Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen

Self

Jonathan Groff

Jonathan Groff

Self

Kate Bornstein

Kate Bornstein

Self

Margaret Cho

Margaret Cho

Self

Amanda Palmer

Amanda Palmer

Self

Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman

Self

Charles Busch

Charles Busch

Self

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