Algren (2021)

Algren will spotlight the hardknock life and authentic creative legacy of one of the most underrated writers of the twentieth century Nelson Algren Algrens brutally honest portrayal of the American underclass and his hardnosed lifestyle became his pathway to compassion Through interviews with Algren contemporaries experts and literary soulmates as well as through the photography of Algrens friends Art Shay and Stephen Deutch the film will tell his story It will celebrate his tremendous contribution to and influence on American letters and push Algren champion of the marginalized out from the margins