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Author: The JT LeRoy Story

Documentary

The story behind literary persona JT LeRoy, the fictional writer created by American author Laura Albert.
More information on this production is available at dogwoof.com.

The critical consensus

Intriguing as it is, the film could have done with more voices and facets and less of what one woman's learned about herself in therapy.

***(*)(*)Hannah McGill, The List, 25/07/2016

The JT Leroy story is a rich and very perplexing one.

***(*)(*)Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 27/07/2016

This strange, exasperating documentary reveals the women behind the persona of the bestselling male writer who claimed to be the son of a prostitute.

***(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 28/07/2016

The levels of deception, delusion and denial were exhausting but they make for a spellbinding documentary.

****(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 29/07/2016

The ‘truth’ about a fabricated literary sensation is fascinating but leaves much still unresolved.

***(*)(*)Wendy Ide, The Observer, 31/07/2016

Where and when?

Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow from Tuesday August 9, 2016, until Thursday August 11, 2016. More info: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/

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