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Author: The JT LeRoy Story is a 2016 American documentary film about American writer Laura Albert and her literary persona JT LeRoy. It examines the critical acclaim given the JT LeRoy books and their international popularity, and the subsequent scandal when it was revealed that LeRoy did not exist and Albert had written the books.
- Richard Henkels
- Jeff Feuerzeig
- Jeff Feuerzeig
- Laura Albert
Sep 9, 2016 · Jeff Feuerzeig ’s “Author: The JT LeRoy Story,” a documentary, offers a complex and deeply fascinating account of a decidedly unusual chapter in recent American cultural history. Its subject was purportedly an HIV-positive teenage male prostitute in San Francisco who became a minor literary celebrity about 15 years ago.
Jul 29, 2016 · The story behind literary persona JT LeRoy, the fictional writer created by American author Laura Albert. Director. Jeff Feuerzeig. Writer. Jeff Feuerzeig. Stars. Laura Albert. Bruce Benderson. Terrence Owens. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. Add to Watchlist. Added by 4.3K users. 16 User reviews. 41 Critic reviews. 72 Metascore. Awards.
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- Documentary, Biography
- Jeff Feuerzeig
- 2016-07-29
Apr 26, 2019 · My only familiarity with the real-life story serving as the film’s foundation comes courtesy of Jeff Feuerzeig’s galvanizing 2016 documentary, “Author: The J.T. LeRoy Story,” which details the six-year-long scheme hatched by author Laura Albert to convince the world that her sister-in-law, Knoop, was the teenage boy secretly serving as ...
Sep 8, 2016 · The lively documentary Author: The JT LeRoy Story purports to explain and defend the phenomenon that was “Jeremiah ‘Terminator’ LeRoy,” the socially phobic, southern-accented, homeless,...
- Senior Movie Critic
Jan 22, 2016 · sundance 2016. The Documentary Author: The JT LeRoy Story Is As Riveting As the Events That Inspired It. By Bilge Ebiri, a film critic for New York and Vulture. Photo: Sundance Film...
Mar 6, 2016 · Laura Albert, the real author behind fabricated sensation JT LeRoy, tells her side of the story in Jeff Feuerzeig’s endlessly riveting documentary. Nigel M Smith. @nigelmfs. Sun 6 Mar 2016...
