Official Trailer for ‘Radical Wolfe’ Doc Profiling Journalist Tom Wolfe

Official Trailer for ‘Radical Wolfe’ Doc Profiling Journalist Tom Wolfe

by Alex Billington
August 25, 2023
Source: YouTube

“It’s not – having or not having compassion, my role is to discover. The truth is always revolutionary.” Yep. Kino Lorber has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film titled Radical Wolfe, a compelling profile of the iconic writer / journalist Tom Wolfe. It will be opening in select theaters first in September, in art house cinemas this fall. This looks like a very smart doc! From a beat reporter at the Washington Post, to the leader of the New Journalism movement, Tom was at the forefront of reshaping how American stories are told. Throughout his career, he fused a conservative upbringing in Virginia with a cultural antenna from Yale’s American Studies PhD program to write some of the most culturally impactful stories of the 20th century: The Right Stuff, The Bonfire of the Vanities, and A Man in Full. This doc features conversations and interviews with those who knew him best, including Michael Lewis, Jann Wenner, Gay Talese, Lynn Nesbit, Terry McDonell, Tom Junod, Christopher Buckley, Niall Ferguson, and Alexandra Wolfe. This looks like an extra fascinating tale of intellectual grandiosity, with a thorough look at all that Wolfe has achieved.

Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Richard Dewey’s doc Radical Wolfe, direct from KL’s YouTube:

From a beat reporter at the Washington Post to an overnight sensation as leader of the New Journalism movement, Tom Wolfe was at the forefront of reshaping how American stories are told. Recognizing the importance of overlooked subcultures and communities, Wolfe documented everything from rural stock car drivers to hippies in Haight Ashbury to the Apollo Astronauts, and his ability to bridge cultural and class divides while tackling stories central to American Life was unique in fiction and non-fiction. With a distinctive and oft-imitated style all his own, Wolfe’s body of work includes some of the most memorable and culturally impactful stories of the 20th century like The Right Stuff, The Bonfire of the Vanities, and A Man in Full. Radical Wolfe is a deeply personal and illuminating look at the man inside the famous white suit. Radical Wolfe is directed by producer / filmmaker Richard Dewey, of the doc Burden previously, plus a few other shorts. Produced by Richard Dewey, Andy Fortenbache, and Chris Laszlo. Kino Lorber will debut the Radical Wolfe doc in select US theaters starting September 15th, 2023. More on KL’s website.

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