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Thursday April 25

Documentary:

ELMORE LEONARD: BUT DON’T TRY TO WRITE

A PBS documentary about the hugely influential author of more than 40(twice), Quentin Tarantino’s (based on and starring Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens. Leonard began in westerns and continued his dissection of America with crime stories. He was famous for his place-setting, evocative dialogue and the doco explores his writing process and career and features literary experts, colleagues, childhood friends and family members.

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