Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006)

5.0/10 • 98 min • Documentary

Overview

Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock explores the life and work of playwright Tony Kushner. Starting in 2001, when Kushner was mounting the production of his play Homebody/Kabul and running through 2004, as he worked on John Kerry's presidential campaign, got married to Mark Harris, worked with Maurice Sendak, and opened the Broadway musical Caroline, or Change.

Cast

Tony Kushner

Bill Camp

Harrison Chad

Jay Charan

Linda Emond

Marcia Gay Harden

Justin Kirk

Sean T. Krishnan

Mike Nichols

Diane Sawyer

Ben Shenkman

Meryl Streep

Rita Wolf

Jeffrey Wright

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