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Author: The JT LeRoy Story

2016

110 minutes

Documentary

Overview

New York magazine’s October 2005 issue sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked “it boy” wunderkind JT LeRoy, whose tough prose about his sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally. It turned out LeRoy didn’t actually exist. He was dreamed up by 40-year-old San Francisco punk rocker and phone sex operator, Laura Albert.

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Laura Albert

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Bruce Benderson

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Panio Gianopoulos

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Winona Ryder

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Ira Silverberg

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Savannah Knoop

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Courtney Love

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Dennis Cooper