Elmore Leonard But Dont Try to Write (2021)

Elmore Leonard author of more than 40 novels is renowned in the literary community From his westerns and early novels of crime based in Detroit and South Florida right through his complex and virtually plotless later work Elmore Leonard dissected an America whose founding sins have continued to haunt it all the days Leonards depiction of America is as real as Twains Hannibal Faulkners Mississippi and Steinbecks Monterey The new documentary ELMORE LEONARD But dont try to write explores the prolific authors legacy and his influence on generations of writers The documentary features exclusive images and previously unseen home movie footage family photographs and indepth interviews with both literary experts and those who knew him well including colleagues family and childhood friends