The Gospel According to André director Kate Novack with producer Andrew Rossi on André Leon Talley: "He says he is equally inspired by Lady Ottoline Morrell, a British aristocrat, as he is by Martin Luther King Jr. with the crisp white shirt." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The Gospel According To André, a Tribeca Film Festival Special Screening highlight, will have its UK première at the Edinburgh International Film Festival later this month. Kate Novack's revealing documentary portrait on André Leon Talley, shot by Bryan Sarkinen and edited with Andrew Coffman, flashes a light to illuminate different stages in the life of the man who invented himself with style and grace.
Andrew Rossi on André Leon Talley: "I think that's one of the unique things that Kate has done in the film, is to see how André brings a unique perspective to the history of fashion."
Recent interviews with Tom Ford,...
The Gospel According To André, a Tribeca Film Festival Special Screening highlight, will have its UK première at the Edinburgh International Film Festival later this month. Kate Novack's revealing documentary portrait on André Leon Talley, shot by Bryan Sarkinen and edited with Andrew Coffman, flashes a light to illuminate different stages in the life of the man who invented himself with style and grace.
Andrew Rossi on André Leon Talley: "I think that's one of the unique things that Kate has done in the film, is to see how André brings a unique perspective to the history of fashion."
Recent interviews with Tom Ford,...
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The sign of a good documentary is if it gets a visceral reaction from an audience member. That reaction could be emotional or the desire to learn more, a documentary can’t succeed unless it has that. Ivory Tower, the documentary that takes on the topics of education costs and the models with which students are taught, certainly engenders much emotion and should spark further conversation about these topics.
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