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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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Year 2017
Country United States of America
Genre Documentary
Director Jennifer M. Kroot
Runtime 89 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.3/10 (20 votes)

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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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