The Cult of JT LeRoy (2014)

5.8/10 • 97 min • Documentary

Overview

A feature documentary about the writer JT LeRoy - Ethically charged, controversial, and confusing, JT’s life and death sprang open a Pandora’s box of powerful questions about literature and culture, identity and celebrity, and the reality of the society we live in. Fraud? Art? Mental illness? Complicity? The Cult of JT Leroy will be a testament to this bizarre and elaborate story that has captured the attention and fascination of the world’s media, and perplexes to this day.

Cast

Savannah Knoop

Asia Argento

Bruce Benderson

Dennis Cooper

Laura Albert

Caveh Zahedi

Self

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