Wrestling With Angels
1 p.m. Sunday, June 1

his feature documentary film about the Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning playwright Tony Kushner tells the story about the evolution of an artist and of how Kushner, raised in the Deep South in Lake Charles, La., would become an outspoken activist, a compassionate spokesperson for outsiders, and one of today’s most entertaining and important playwrights. At its core the film explores the mystery of creativity, and its source, and Kushner’s compelling plays that are set against the moral and political concerns of our times. Directed by Freida Lee Mock, who also wrote and directed the Academy Award-winning documentary Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision.

Director: Freida Lee Mock
USA, 2006, 98 min.